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If We Wish To Count Lines Of Code, We Should Not Regard Them As "lines Produced" But As "lines Spent."
-Edsger Dijkstra
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If We Wish To Count
Edsger Dijkstra
If We Wish To Count Lines Of Code, We Should Not Regard Them As "lines Produced" But As "lines Spent."
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