Programs should be Small

Post by Shorel » Mon, Feb 25, 2013, 9:35 PM UTC

moe wrote: post #17

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Wow, it seems rather arbitrary. Can you elaborate?

Yes, it's arbitrary and there are of course exceptions and perhaps domains where it may not apply at all. It's just a recurring observation that I've made (mostly but not only) in dynamic languages. Pretty much all good code that I've read or written was compartmentalized into units of roughly 500 LOC. A big program may be composed of many such units, but it was almost always a bad sign when a divisible part would ex…

Post by Shorel » Tue, Feb 26, 2013, 8:41 PM UTC

moe wrote: post #72

Shorel wrote: post #71

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So, you actually mean functions instead of programs?

No. I mean an isolated unit that could be ripped out at any time and would be immediately useful on its own. Anyway, abecedarius (below) has phrased it better than I could.

Post by Shorel » Wed, Feb 27, 2013, 1:36 PM UTC

moe wrote: post #74

Shorel wrote: post #73

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Those 'isolated units' are commonly called libraries then.

No. They are called "module".