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From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>
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Subject: Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:55:55 -0400
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On 4/14/2025 1:06 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2025-04-14, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> An example of a style I favor:
>>
>>          Stat% = SYS$QIOW(       ,                       !  Event flag &
>>                                  ListenCh% By Value,     !  VMS channel &
>>                                  IO$_SETCHAR By Value,   !  Operation &
>>                                  IOSB::Stat%,            !  I/O status block &
>>                                  ,                       !  AST routine &
>>                                  ,                       !  AST parameter &
>>                                  ListenOpt::Protocol%,   !  P1 &
>>                                  ,                       !  P2 &
>>                                  ServerItemLst::Len%,    !  P3 - local socket na^
>>                                  BackLog% By Value,      !  P4 - connection back^
>>                                  SockOptItemList::Len%,  !  P5 - socket options &
>>                                  )                       !  P6
>>
>> Ok, how many lines of code?
>>
>
> Exactly one line of code.
>
> Simon.
>

Indeed!  However, some utilities used to count lines of code might count more 
than one.  So, the entire exercise should be considered subject to errors.

Perhaps looking at the size of object files, or executables, might be a better 
measure?

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