For example, 20 lines of code in Java might easily require 200 lines of code in assembly language. In addition, measuring lines of code says absolutely nothing about code quality.

If you can compile 200 lines of standard C code with a C or C++ compiler, you are in business. There are no dependencies on other code. On the other hand, there’s not much documentation, either.

For example, if a line of code includes division by 24601, a comment explaining why this number is there is a form of in-line documentation explaining this line, specifically.