Whil Hentzen wrote: > So I've got this app that I inherited. It's a freakin' mess. OK, that's > redundant, obviously, but not for the reason one usually thinks. It's > not awful code or bad code, it's code that is far too clever and complex > for anyone but the original developer to understand. He's got object > factories and messenger repositories and addressing pointers and result > objects and list managers and all sorts of very, very, very clever stuff. > > And there are 7 lines of comments in 11 MB of source code. > > But that's not why I write. The reason I write is that I ran the > Coverage Profiler on this app last night. I set the profiler on. Then I > typed "do main" in the command window, let the app run until it > presented a login dialog. I entered my password (the system remembers > the name of the last user) and clicked "Log in". The system logged me > in, and displayed the menu. > > I selected File | Quit, the system shut down, and I was returned to the > command window. > > Anyone want to guess how many lines of code are in the coverage > profiler's file? > >
Well, when I wrote that code I was on good drugs...and I tried to hit the 50,000 lines mark in the CP. <g> (Jk! It's not my old project...really! lol!) Whil -- what happened to the initial developer? Why isn't he making the mods? Also, would you say your sessions at SWFox (or elsehwere on inheriting old apps) seemed to help land this gig? ;-) -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
