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   =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to bill   
   Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base   
   17 Apr 25 08:38:10   
   
   From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 4/17/2025 8:21 AM, bill wrote:   
   > On 4/16/2025 9:29 PM, Dan Cross wrote:   
   >> Most modern code-counting tools _are_ language aware.  Whether   
   >> they do a better or worse job for each given language may be a   
   >> matter of debate, but most at least recognize different   
   >> languages and have some knowledge of their semantics.   
   >>   
   > I wonder how they would handle BASIC?  :-)   
   >   
   > 10 FOR X = 1 TO 10   
   > 20 PRINT X   
   > 30 NEXT X   
   >   
   > 10 FOR X = 1 TO 10:PRINT X:NEXT X   
   >   
   > Is the snippet above one line of code or three?   
      
   Given that they count non-blank non-comment lines then ...   
      
   Arne   
      
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