From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-04-09T02:49:16+09:00
Subject: Re: error handling


"Phidippus" <mopthisandthat@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:a2208ca9.0404030853.769a5e67@posting.google.com...
> Yes, one single function is 1.5Mb. It is rediculous, but true. I tried
> whether the exact same function also works in R, and it worked fine.
> But R is also developed for numerical computations, so it is probably
> not a fair comparison for Ruby, I suppose.

Whatever language is used, 1.5 GB source code for a single function is
definitely too much.  Some systems might gracefully deal with it, but what
about human maintainers?  IMHO heavy refactoring is indicated.

Regards

    robert