Hmmm...Depending entirely on what they want this number for, I would probably recommend not giving them a number.
Many organizations nowadays are foolishly using number of lines of code as a benchmark for the complexity of an application. If an app is more than X number of lines of code is very complex...and then management starts asking questions like, "Why is that code so complex? Perhaps we should optimize it? Is there a commercial solution available to replace that inordinately and thus expensive-to-maintain application?" In short, if you give them a number (based on code objects or lines in a def or whatever), that number isn't going to be right. It might be good to make them go away, but they may later use that bogus info to make some sort of executive decision, which may end up putting your app and possibly YOU on the chopping block. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lammey, Peter A. Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Lines of code" in Remedy? ** Maybe the answer to that would be if you exported all your workflow into a def file and then did a count of lines in the file (in Word perhaps) and give them that number. Obviously there is more actual coding behind the scenes than that but its better than providing a useless number. Thanks Peter Lammey ESPN MIT Technical Services & Applications Management 860-766-4761 ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Lines of code" in Remedy? ** You could tell them that it's a closely held piece of BMC proprietary data, and that if you told them, you'd have to kill them. Or, ask them what answer sounds good to them, and give them that number back. Heck, you may even be right, and they'd never be able to prove you wrong. Or, you could simply give them the only number that they'd have a chance to verify - the number of workflow objects in your system. Rick On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM, David.M Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All, I've been asked to estimate the "number of lines of code we have in Remedy". Any ideas on how to approach a question like that? Feel free to save your response for Friday Humor if you prefer. Thanks, -David David M Clark Remedy Programmer/Analyst ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ ________________________________ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
