[Shootout-list] Re: LOC

[Alan Post]

In article <b815b8ab0504302023269df325@mail.gmail.com>, Ben Hinkle wrote:
> 
> If we let benchmarks use any coding style the author wishes then the
> benchmarks will quickly end up with 1 line programs for every
> benchmark.
> 
> I don't have any great suggestions for how to measure "verbosity"
> more accurately -perhaps the number of non-whitespace characters? It
> seems like LOC is too gross a measurement.

Counting the non-whitespace characters will quickly end up with 1
character variable names in every program.

No, I don't have any good suggestions.

  Alan