On a simliar note, I've heard there of people who would hit the limit on fortran files, so they put every variable into a function call to the next file, which

On a simliar note, I've heard there of people who would hit the limit on fortran files, so they put every variable into a function call to the next file, which itself contained one function and a function call to the next file after that (if necessary). Making stuff modular is often a good idea.