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@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ be used, but caution should be taken if there is a mismatch between the
 project's stability level and the importance of your own project.
 
 Spectral is designed to be _small_. Its entire source code currently consists
-of 242 lines of code.
+of 199 lines of code.
 
 ## Building