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Jan 30, 2016 at 17:04 comment added Franck Dernoncourt @Oddthinking No need for common sense, just counting ability.
Jan 30, 2016 at 16:16 comment added Oddthinking You seem to be making an appeal to common sense fallacy by arguing there is no need for a reference. You are making a "begging the question" fallacy by saying it is a decent approximation.
Jan 30, 2016 at 15:36 comment added Franck Dernoncourt @Oddthinking I think it's a decent approximation, and an explanation is better than a reference (no need to trust, only think/check). Regarding #, most comments start with '#', and we're mostly looking for SLOC upper bound anyway.
Jan 29, 2016 at 23:14 comment added Oddthinking -1: If this Quora answer was posted here it would deleted for original research; we have no reason to trust Christopher Burke's expertise or assumptions in his calculations, e.g. his decision to only look at .agc files and that therefore comments start with a '#' are demonstrably incorrect in the first page of the scan.
Jan 29, 2016 at 18:47 comment added jamesqf Re "...often reading these printouts and not the source code...": I don't know about NASA, but in those days (and for a decade or so later), CRT/keyboard displays were not common. It was usual to input code on punch cards, and read the printouts.
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Jan 29, 2016 at 15:10 comment added Franck Dernoncourt Yes but the answer itself contains references.
Jan 29, 2016 at 15:09 comment added Sklivvz Also, a Quora answer is not really a great way to reference an answer...
Jan 29, 2016 at 15:06 comment added Sklivvz We have the actual scans of the pages, the count is off by about 10%.
Jan 29, 2016 at 14:58 history answered Franck Dernoncourt CC BY-SA 3.0