[Gllug] Office software -> c/c++ debate

[Simon Stewart]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:49:57PM +0000, David Damerell wrote:
> No-one sane tries to write 10^5 line idiosyncratic programs in Perl
> and then expects other people to maintain them.

Does 10^4 count? It's not the line count that matters, it's how well
the code is structured and how idiosyncatic your style is that matters
more, as well as the documentation that you make available as you
write the code.

Cheers,

Simon

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