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"Hey I know we're doing Agile but, just real fast for some paperwork, I just need a quick estimate, nothing complicated, of the LOC to convert our decades-old millions-of-LOC project from 32-bit to 64-bit, just real fast like whatever you can come up with in 30 minutes"

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    I can come up with a load of shit that you can quickly smell and let me know if it will soon turn into Hydrogen Sulphide
  • 1
    Usually twice the number it is now is a decent estimate:

    First add tests for the current code, which about doubles the current LOC. Then refactor gently with the tests you made, which doesn't really change the LOC.
  • 1
    "Eleventy-billion"
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