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I agree that some of these distinctions are correlative, not causative, but I think the number of files argument is valid for one reason: navigation. Files are
by qeternity 6y ago
I agree that some of these distinctions are correlative, not causative, but I think the number of files argument is valid for one reason: navigation. Files are effectively pointers to ranges within a code base. Without them, you’re left jumping through a huge codebase by searching or scrolling.
- shock 6y agoEven in languages with one class/file convention I find navigating using the IDE's symbol search functionality preferable to navigating using files – especially in huge codebases. YMMV.
- qeternity 6y agoI don’t disagree if the language is OO such that classes have reasonable functionality contained within them. But searching through many many functions because very disorienting. Just my $0.02 of course