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Re:Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popul... by orthonormal on Monday May 17, 2021 @06:31AM (#27181974)
Ignoring the numbers on vertical axis, plots look like they are normalized to fit the plotting area. TODO/LoC should basically have the same form.
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Re:Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popul... by kuu on Monday May 17, 2021 @07:07AM (#27182146)
I don't think so. These plots are normalized by the max number of TODO's, but that may vastly differ from max TODO/LoC of each project.
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Re:Plotting the source code “TODO” history of the most popul... by cies on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:00AM (#27182484)
Indeed! When those numbers jump up/down in the graphs, there's prolly a code merge/purge cause to it.
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