I remember getting an assignment in a C programming class and the source code (ETA: as I wrote it, based on how I’d figured it out) went on for a page (printed, in 1994) or two. The next class, the instructor showed us 2 lines of code, 1 of which called a library.
I’ve gone on before how I don’t even write code (but for the occasional batch/script file) but every so often someone will ask how many lines there are. It tells me that person doesn’t know how my system works, which is fine, but they’re also not in charge of entire companies where the employees do write code.
