Raoul,
along the lines of a thought i've had of late "why is there so much *code*!?", i wonder if anybody has tired to study programs and categorize the source code into purposes, so we could get a feel for
This is a very fundamental question. Jorma Sajaniemi came up with one of the few ideas addressing this issue, roles of variables: http://www.cs.joensuu.fi/~saja/var_roles/ -- Derek M. Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com Source code analysis http://www.knosof.co.uk -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
