writing

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.