> removing code
Cue link to Negative 2,000 LoC [0]:
He recently was working on optimizing Quickdraw's region calculation
machinery, and had completely rewritten the region engine using a simpler,
more general algorithm which, after some tweaking, made region operations
almost six times faster. As a by-product, the rewrite also saved around 2,000
lines of code.
He was just putting the finishing touches on the optimization when it was
time to fill out the management form for the first time. When he got to the
lines of code part, he thought about it for a second, and then wrote in the
number: -2000.
0. https://www.folklore.org/Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.html