C in codebase has shrunk to 25% of Classic

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> How big is the python code?

8 KLOC.  About equivalent to 3% of the fork-time volume.

> > This is significant because a "factor of four" reduction is both impressive
> > and easy for people to understand.  Now we can say that. 
> 
> I'd call that misleading if it didn't mention the python code.

I wouldn't.  If you're doing a vulnerability audit, Python code is not
an attack surface you really worry about.  Especially not in a scenario like
this where it's all client tools.
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