Authors and Programmers
Submitted by tony on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 22:12.
I was just doing some math and here's some interesting tidbits:
My recent PHP project that I'm about 80% done with has 57,237 lines of code.
My largest PHP project has over 120,000 lines of code, of which I wrote 99% personally.
An average novel has less than 8,000 lines, and my PHP lines are much wider than your average novel.
Make one typo in a novel, and nobody really cares.
Make one typo in a program, and everyone complains!
So the next time you scoff at a programmer, think about that. She's probably written a lot more than your favorite novelist, done it a lot more accurately, and gotten paid a lot less.
Too true
You've hit the nail square on the head.
Good luck with finishing your recent project... I hope you aren't haunted by the old 80/20 rule - 80% of the time is spent doing the last 20% of work...
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