File Size Issue

[Ray.R]

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@bugsmashers wrote:

And it's a good excuse to upgrade the PC too!!

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Once you clean up your code, it may no longer be necessary for the PC upgrade, so get the new PC soon and blame it on the PC.

😄

[CoastalMaineBird]

I use local variables whenever it is not terribly simple to wire things together. Do the locals take a lot more space?

Don't worry about space if you're passing an I32 or a DBL or something small, but the bigger the structure you're passing, the more wasted space locals consume. That's because when you read a local, you make a COPY of the data it contains.

[mikeporter]

Well, there's your problem. You need to have your code much more deeply nested. Keep grouping things functionally.

Mike...

[mikeporter]

Oh yes, one more thing... Good large professionally-written applications don't look large, or even very complex. That is the key.

A good book to read about software development in general is: "Software Fundamentals: the collected papers of David L Parnas". It's not about LV specifically, but it will teach you 99% of what you will ever need to know about writing code.

Mike...

[bugsmashers]

Thanks, I'm overwhelmed by the response.

Ben

[Ray.R]

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@mikeporter wrote:

"Software Fundamentals: the collected papers of David L Parnas".

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Wow Mike,

This brings back memories..  It's been a while since I've seen the name David Parnas.  I went to one of his conference many moons ago.  Very good reading, for sure.  I think he was a professor at Queen's U (Kingston). 

As for the recommendations within this thread, it looks like everyone points towards smaller function-specific vi's.  😄

[mikeporter]

Currently he's at Limerick in Ireland, and isn't doing any more writing . All his recent publishing has been limited to the slides that accompany his lectures. I would love to have the opportunity to hear him speak sometime.

Mike...