Re: Any way for Finding out LOC(lines of code) from a Binary file

On 2004-10-02, skumar <d_skumar@excite.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
> I've one Binary file(of one big application) for which I dont have
> source files. I've only the binary file. I'd like to know is there any
> means by which we can find out the no.of Lines(KLOC) of that
> appliction from the binary file. [...]


Why do you want to estimate this? Your estimation will be very crude,
and the cost of development of a software is not exactly linear in its
source size: sometimes, a software is worked upon and improved, and
the source size is *shrinking*


> [You can estimate from the size of the code sections in the file, but
> unless it happens to have debug symbols with line numbers, your
> estimate will be rather rough. -John]


I agree with John, and I don't think you'll get sensible information
from your crude estimation.


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