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		ChrisCinelli on Feb 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mythical man month: 10 lines per developer day If you are doing a good refactoring, you may have a massive negative LoC at the end. LoC added or removed is not a very good metric for anything. Except if I see a big negative number on a PR, it is usually a great thing. I still have to check what was removed but it usually mean that things are easier to understand.

WalterBright on Feb 12, 2020 [–]

Anytime I see a good chunk of redundant/useless code removed, it's a good day!

andrewstuart on Feb 12, 2020 | [–]

The greatest, most joyous programming is deleting large chunks of code.

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