I once was asked to count loc using a tool another team developed, to measure code produced in the last 3 months.<p>They had imported about a year's worth of crap from a previous repository 2.5 months ago.<p>I noticed that the loc counter included all commented loc, so I made a legit file of several tens of thousands "loc", checked it in, ran the counter, made the report, was recognized for productivity, and thn reverted the comments.<p>Productivity, largely, is reducing loc while improving other quality attributes and features...