Hi,
I ran a tool (SLOCCount) that estimates the cost of software, based on 'lines of code'. I ran it in the directory where I keep my Iliad sources. It's worth 4 million dollar!
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SLOC Directory SLOC-by-Language (Sorted)
22052 packages ansic=13799,sh=7890,cpp=363
18422 contentLister ansic=18370,sh=52
16036 connectionMgr ansic=15995,sh=41
10252 liberdm sh=9681,ansic=571
9205 settings ansic=9161,sh=44
7282 liberregxml ansic=7233,sh=49
6970 ipdf-svn cpp=6966,sh=4
5884 newLister cpp=5323,sh=545,sed=16
4384 scribble ansic=4348,sh=36
4261 erbrowser cpp=3974,ansic=237,sh=50
2772 liberscribble ansic=2772
2547 liberipc ansic=2547
2057 delta ansic=2057
1914 pcshareMgr ansic=1914
1721 libergtk ansic=1673,sh=48
1455 libermanifest ansic=1407,sh=48
1424 pageBar ansic=1424
972 html perl=972
826 displayMgr ansic=790,sh=36
635 powerMgr ansic=599,sh=36
422 button ansic=422
353 top_dir ruby=351,sh=2
299 battery ansic=299
165 erbusy ansic=129,sh=36
116 checkbutton ansic=116
0 DoxyStuff (none)
0 usr_share_contentLister (none)
Totals grouped by language (dominant language first):
ansic: 85863 (70.13%)
sh: 18598 (15.19%)
cpp: 16626 (13.58%)
perl: 972 (0.79%)
ruby: 351 (0.29%)
sed: 16 (0.01%)
Total Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 122,426
Development Effort Estimate, Person-Years (Person-Months) = 31.14 (373.66)
(Basic COCOMO model, Person-Months = 2.4 * (KSLOC**1.05))
Schedule Estimate, Years (Months) = 1.98 (23.74)
(Basic COCOMO model, Months = 2.5 * (person-months**0.38))
Estimated Average Number of Developers (Effort/Schedule) = 15.74
Total Estimated Cost to Develop = $ 4,206,384
(average salary = $56,286/year, overhead = 2.40).
Please credit this data as "generated using David A. Wheeler's 'SLOCCount'."