A better analogy would be 'greatest movie ever made' was so because it was done on a budget of $1000.
Better analogy in context of this thread that is
Better analogy in context of this thread that is
Maybe making an oscar winning movie with great CGI on $1000 is more appropriate
He meant the "movie budget" could be arbitrary chosen to satisfy the "feat under huge constraints".
Impressive but not necessarily deserving of the monicker: "best ever".
Right, which is exactly why that isn't a good analogy to something where the budget was fixed, and the 'greatness' isn't an aesthetic judgement, but whether it can be done.
The greatness of a movie is not measured by its budget, nor is the greatness of a program measured by its number of lines or memory footprint.
Do you see now why your analogy is not as good?