Re: AS400 Library list constraint -- MIDRANGE-L

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Rob Dixon wrote:

> I learnt yesterday that one of the very well known AS/400 major packages, 
>known
> to many members of this list, has about 3 billion lines of source.  I believed
> the person who told me but it is beyond belief.   Is frailty the square of
> complexity?  There must be some "law" like that.

I really meant 3 GB of code, which is still not believable, although not quite 
as
bad.

Apologies

Rob Dixon
Erros plc

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