>>The other side of this coin is that I really try, whenever possible, not to write modules that are longer than two screenfuls;
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>Whoa ... enormous thread digression! Just kidding, I like monster modules especially when printed out - but only if it is landscape, 8 point, and on fanfold paper! Real programmers like nothing better than to get down on the floor with an 8 foot listing!

Have you ever done Cobol? I've had a colleague there who said "the code shorter than six meters isn't worth the paper it's printed on".