Relation between " lines of the longest working program " in a language and familiarity with it?
- by Tim
In some computer master program online application, it says:
Please list the programming languages in which you have written
programs. For each language, indicate the length in lines of the
longest working program you have written in that language. You may
approximate, but only count those parts of the program that you wrote
yourself.
I don't quite remember that, and I have never counted the lines of
each program. Do programmers always know approximately how many
lines in each of his programs, and keep record of them?
What is the relation between " lines of the longest working program
" in a language and familiarity with it? Typically, how many lines will indicate the programmer being excellent, good, fair, or unfamiliar with the language?
Is knowing "lines of the longest working program" really helpful?