It is common practice to count the software size (Source lines of code) to track current project progress or establish a baseline for future project estimates.
Source lines of code, a software metric used to measure the size of a software program
The following example shows a comparison of a "hello world" program written in C, and the same program written in COBOL - a language known for being particularly verbose.
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