How to count lines of source code

For various reasons, you may want to know how many lines of source code a given software program is built in. For example, you want to estimate the effort devoted to developing a program, or to gauge the size and complexity of a program before trying it. There is some controversy as to using source lines of code (SLOC) as a metric to determine the size of a software program, since existing programming languages differ greatly in terms of clarify and brevity.Read more »