Your biggest project: how many lines have you written?

happyclown · 04-20-2009, 05:00 AM

Ok, first some ground rules:

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1. The code must have been written by YOU.

2. Only code that have been written counts. Code that is managed by you does not count.

3. The code must have already been written. Even if your current project will eventually be your biggest, if you've so far written less code than another project, then the number of lines from the other project(where the code has already been written) counts.

4. If you are working/have worked in colaboration with other people, then the number of lines of code that you have written counts.

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Whoever has written the most lines in any project wins forum bragging rights for 2009.

Myself, my biggest project to date has been 174 lines. Took me about 2 months, but dayum, what a marvelous, thoroughly enjoyable experience!

Let the games begin!

**CornedBee** · 04-20-2009, 05:06 AM

Eh, I voted before reading the exact rules.

My current project is some 7000 lines, I think. I don't really keep track of LoCs, though. I think I wrote something with about 10000 lines too.

happyclown · 04-20-2009, 05:07 AM

Corned Bee, could you please change the thread heading to either mention reading the rules first, or to include "how many lines did YOU write"?

Thanks.

Done - CornedBee

matsp · 04-20-2009, 05:13 AM

My first ever professional project ended up a few more than 20000 lines. I choose 30000 lines, as I have since written a few project (on my own) that was larger than that - I'm not sure the exact size tho.

I have worked on several projects that have millions of lines in them, but not much of that was my code.

--
Mats

**laserlight** · 04-20-2009, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happyclown

2. Only code that have been written counts.

Heheheh...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prelude

My best code is written with the delete key.

Sebastiani · 04-20-2009, 07:44 AM

Indeed.

brewbuck · 04-20-2009, 10:40 AM

It has to be in the hundreds of thousands. On a single project, maybe several tens of thousands.. Not sure.

Doing a global line count on all *.c, *.cpp, *.h files in my personal source tree gives 284,667.

bithub · 04-20-2009, 11:20 AM

I just did a line count on my current project, and it is 885017 lines. About 100K-200K of those are mine.

cpjust · 04-20-2009, 11:37 AM

At least 30,000 lines (including a lot of doxygen documentation lines) over about 2.5 years.

dwks · 04-20-2009, 11:41 AM

Some of my projects have been 14,000 lines and 8,000 lines and that sort of range. I don't usually concentrate on a single project for more than a year.

Quote:

I just did a line count on my current project, and it is 885017 lines. About 100K-200K of those are mine.

Wow, that's a lot of code! What project is this if I may ask?

Daved · 04-20-2009, 12:23 PM

Another developer just put our estimated line count at 5.3 million lines. I'm guessing I've written at least 1% of that, so I'm going to vote for the last option. I'm too lazy to see if I rival some of the other big numbers here by myself.

bithub · 04-20-2009, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Wow, that's a lot of code! What project is this if I may ask?

Think of it as an enterprise level TIVO.

SlyMaelstrom · 04-20-2009, 02:52 PM

Honestly, I'd struggle to say that I've written 500,000 lines of code in my entire life, let alone on a single project. I might just be greatly miscalculating, though.

I'm the only programmer on my current project for work and it currently weights in at a measly 6500 lines. That said, it's VB with SQL server, and of course, much of VB is actually spent designing proper interfaces in a non-coding environment.

cyberfish · 04-20-2009, 03:03 PM

About 6000 lines if I don't consider projects written before I knew how to use loops...

I have done a lot of programming contest type programs, though, to prepare for a programming contest (University of Waterloo's high school contest) that I was so close to getting perfect but made a stupid mistake in one problem... that costed me my entrance to the stage 2 of the contest, where winners get to go to the IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics)

. I think I ranked something like 25th internationally in Canada (3rd in my province I believe), and they only took 20... so I only got an honourable mention. They are all very short programs (~100 lines), but VERY mind-twisting, and some can take a few days to do.

anon · 04-20-2009, 03:27 PM

It appears that my current project (a Wordpad clone) is the largest: 40+ headers, 40+ source files and about 6000+ lines.

View Poll Results: Your biggest project: how many lines?
< 200 lines	4	10.53%
> 300	0	0%
> 500	0	0%
> 750	1	2.63%
> 1000	2	5.26%
> 1500	1	2.63%
> 2000	2	5.26%
> 3000	1	2.63%
> 4000	4	10.53%
> 5000	5	13.16%
> 7500	2	5.26%
> 10 000	3	7.89%
> 15 000	1	2.63%
> 20 000	2	5.26%
> 30 000 lines	10	26.32%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

04-20-2009, 05:00 AM	#1
happyclown In my head Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In my head Posts: 327	Your biggest project: how many lines have you written? Ok, first some ground rules: ================================================== ======== 1. The code must have been written by YOU. 2. Only code that have been written counts. Code that is managed by you does not count. 3. The code must have already been written. Even if your current project will eventually be your biggest, if you've so far written less code than another project, then the number of lines from the other project(where the code has already been written) counts. 4. If you are working/have worked in colaboration with other people, then the number of lines of code that you have written counts. ================================================== ======== Whoever has written the most lines in any project wins forum bragging rights for 2009. Myself, my biggest project to date has been 174 lines. Took me about 2 months, but dayum, what a marvelous, thoroughly enjoyable experience! Let the games begin! __________________ M$ rules! Turns towards Redmond and bows Last edited by CornedBee; 04-20-2009 at 05:09 AM.
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04-20-2009, 05:06 AM	#2
CornedBee Cat without Hat Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,492	Eh, I voted before reading the exact rules. My current project is some 7000 lines, I think. I don't really keep track of LoCs, though. I think I wrote something with about 10000 lines too. __________________ All the buzzt! CornedBee "There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code." - Flon's Law
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04-20-2009, 05:07 AM	#3
happyclown In my head Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In my head Posts: 327	Corned Bee, could you please change the thread heading to either mention reading the rules first, or to include "how many lines did YOU write"? Thanks. Done - CornedBee __________________ M$ rules! Turns towards Redmond and bows
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04-20-2009, 05:13 AM	#4
matsp Kernel hacker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Farncombe, Surrey, England Posts: 15,686	My first ever professional project ended up a few more than 20000 lines. I choose 30000 lines, as I have since written a few project (on my own) that was larger than that - I'm not sure the exact size tho. I have worked on several projects that have millions of lines in them, but not much of that was my code. -- Mats __________________ Compilers can produce warnings - make the compiler programmers happy: Use them! Please don't PM me for help - and no, I don't do help over instant messengers.
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04-20-2009, 07:44 AM	#6
Sebastiani Guest Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,034	Indeed.
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04-20-2009, 10:40 AM	#7
brewbuck Senior software engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 5,762	It has to be in the hundreds of thousands. On a single project, maybe several tens of thousands.. Not sure. Doing a global line count on all .c, .cpp, .h files in my personal source tree gives 284,667. __________________ "Congratulations on your purchase. To begin using your quantum computer, set the power switch to both off and on simultaneously."* -- raftpeople@slashdot
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04-20-2009, 11:20 AM	#8
bithub Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: California Posts: 3,020	I just did a line count on my current project, and it is 885017 lines. About 100K-200K of those are mine.
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04-20-2009, 11:37 AM	#9
cpjust and the hat of sweating Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 3,279	At least 30,000 lines (including a lot of doxygen documentation lines) over about 2.5 years. __________________ "I am probably the laziest programmer on the planet, a fact with which anyone who has ever seen my code will agree." - esbo, 11/15/2008 "the internet is a scary place to be thats why i dont use it much." - billet, 03/17/2010
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04-20-2009, 12:23 PM	#11
Daved Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,251	Another developer just put our estimated line count at 5.3 million lines. I'm guessing I've written at least 1% of that, so I'm going to vote for the last option. I'm too lazy to see if I rival some of the other big numbers here by myself.
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04-20-2009, 02:52 PM	#13
SlyMaelstrom Devil's Advocate Join Date: May 2004 Location: Out of scope Posts: 3,778	Honestly, I'd struggle to say that I've written 500,000 lines of code in my entire life, let alone on a single project. I might just be greatly miscalculating, though. I'm the only programmer on my current project for work and it currently weights in at a measly 6500 lines. That said, it's VB with SQL server, and of course, much of VB is actually spent designing proper interfaces in a non-coding environment. __________________ Terms of Service By quoting or replying directly to this post, you consent to the fact that all of the information in the post above is completely accurate and highly intelligent and no comments will be made towards its validity, thoughtlessness, and/or grammatical structure. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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04-20-2009, 03:03 PM	#14
cyberfish Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,007	About 6000 lines if I don't consider projects written before I knew how to use loops... I have done a lot of programming contest type programs, though, to prepare for a programming contest (University of Waterloo's high school contest) that I was so close to getting perfect but made a stupid mistake in one problem... that costed me my entrance to the stage 2 of the contest, where winners get to go to the IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics) . I think I ranked something like 25th internationally in Canada (3rd in my province I believe), and they only took 20... so I only got an honourable mention. They are all very short programs (~100 lines), but VERY mind-twisting, and some can take a few days to do.
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