<a href="https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt" rel="nofollow">https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...</a>:<p><i>“He […] had completely rewritten the region engine using a simpler, more general algorithm which, after some tweaking, made region operations almost six times faster. As a by-product, the rewrite also saved around 2,000 lines of code.<p>He was just putting the finishing touches on the optimization when it was time to fill out the management form for the first time. When he got to the lines of code part, he thought about it for a second, and then wrote in the number: -2000“</i>
... which likely means he's gotten rid everyone who worked on particularly challenging things, like security, privacy, performance, & reliability.<p>- @mcmillen
I'm reminded of IBM vs Microsoft when they were writing OS/2, and supposedly the fact that MS engs were reducing the LoC was aggravating to the IBM engs.
Well that's stupid. Like firing people in factory by amount of manufactured goods. First who will go will be HR, management and engineers telling line operators how to do stuff. Like sure it will work for a while, until something breaks or you will want new product...