CompuServe Messages

MIke – there is good code that is good because it's small, and there is good code because it's easily interfaced in a compatible way, and there is good code because it's maintainable, and there is good code because it's fast, and there is good code because it's of appropriate structure to handle data of the size it's designed to deal with, and there is good code because it's extensible, and there is good code because it's portable. This "size" thing you're obsessed with is NOT the living end of good code, nor is speed. In real world projects, most especially those which have to move/share between multiple (clever, inventive etc) developers, those other issues become paramount because the end products _effects_ are the issue, and that we can maintain and support and extend those effects are the next important issue.