RE: Trivia: How many lines of code are allowed in an RPG Program?

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just half-joking, of course, but if I were asked to modify a 32k line
source, I would curse the day the responsible party was born.  And I
wouldn't touch it; rather, I would insist on rewriting it in a modular
fashion.

This is silly.  We are over 10 years into having ILE now.  ILE is no longer
new.  In fact, in the technology world, ILE is considered *old*.  What it is
is stable and efficient technology.

If the /copy doesn't work, you could always delete the comment lines...

Sorry if this sounds like a lecture, Frank.  If it hadn't been COMMON week,
I'm sure the other list luminaries would have chimed in similarly.

db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Tony Carolla
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:55 AM
>
> I don't know, but I'm sure a simple experiment will give you the
> answer.  I am not a _veteran_ programmer, but I would have to say
> that, with ILE, and module-based capabilities, can't you 'modularize'
> some of the code?  You might try to separate the program into smaller,
> more manageable chunks, and create modules.
>
> I know I would be worried to modify somebody else's 32000+ line
> RPG program.
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:45:04 -0500, fkany@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <fkany@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If you guessed 32,764 lines, you are correct.  I found this out the hard
> > way.  I'm thinking about using /COPY to replace all of the long
> code.  Will
> > the progam still compile?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Frank