>Good point -- I agree it is a meaningless number. Apparently the client is doing a survey and has requested the number -- we have done a number of systems for the client and are working on a large project right now. We'll be glad to do whatever they ask, but we will emphasize how meaningless the number really is!
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>Thanks very much to everyone for the other suggestions -- we are going to give a rough estimate [probably less than 10 Billion], but not the "exact" number of lines of code. Again, I didn't have any idea how to get a rough estimate other than to actually "count" the lines of code myself. You guys have saved me [and the client] time.
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>Doug

So, you're saying that 9 billion may be closer < g >.