On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:54:58PM -0600, Caligo wrote: > "Big" doesn't necessarily have to be lines-of-code, and keep in mind that 5 > lines of, say, Ruby code could easily translate into 50 lines of C++.
Something to remember is there probably /is/ 50 lines of C++ behind every line of Ruby! Of course, it isn't multiplied per use, but neither should the C++ itself. It's not like calling library functions is something special to any one language. (I always joke about some of the examples posted here: import rosettacode; mixin TodaysChallenge; Look, D did it in two lines of code! lol)
