I generally agree. My argument is that 10K lines written one way can certainly be more readable than 10 files x 1K lines written in a different way, so the real

I generally agree. My argument is that 10K lines written one way can certainly be more readable than 10 files x 1K lines written in a different way, so the real differentiator is the encapsulation and code style, not KLOC/file per se.