[Shootout-list] Total Characters vs Lines of Code

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Bryan Taylor wrote:
>
> It looks like some of the programs submitted work harder than
> others to
> optimize the "lines of code" metric. I think it would be more
> useful to use
> total characters to avoid giving an advantage to code that
> squashes everything
> onto fewer lines for no good reason.

How about removing LOC from the shootout entirely?  It's a meaningless
number.  All the usual debates / flames to comp.benchmarks.


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