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In general, when you want some work done - maybe car repair, you are advised to "get an estimate". As a home-owner, the general wisdom (albeit impractical to impossible in some cases) is to get "at least three estimates" to compare. In the software world, getting an estimate for creating software is far more difficult and elusive than estimates for tangible products.
See [[:en:Software_development_effort_estimation|Software_development_effort_estimation]], especially the 'humor' section.
The [[SCC]] tool (like sloccount before it) is great for at least quantifying the Source Lines of Code in an existing product.
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