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Also that lines of code is a proxy for rigor, something new I learned today. /s

I think they mean that the code base is small enough to be audited thoroughly. Maybe they should reword it to be clearer.

> I think they mean that the code base is small enough to be audited thoroughly.

They wouldn't say it was "over 20,000 lines" in that case. And 20,000 lines of C is far too big to audit.