Re: Expected bytes per sloc (semicolons) performance

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Mats Weber wrote:
> 
> >Rules about n bytes per sloc are just too processor, compiler, and
> >coding style dependent to be useful.
> 
> I would put a big emphasis on coding style here. If you use a lot of
> generics, the code will be generated once for each instance in most
> implementations.

I agree there is a relation between coding style and bytes/sloc.

But I don't understand the specific denigration of generics, which I've
heard occasionally. It seems to me the alternative to generics is
nearly-duplicate packages and procedures, usually created by brute-force
cut-and-paste in a text editor. You end up with the same amount of
object code, but with the disadvantage that it is harder to maintain
than if you had used generics.

Is there a flaw in my reasoning?

-- Joel