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There are a lot of technical reasons behind using multiple files when writing large complex systems. All of them are meaningless in the face of the best reason to use multiple files: Readability. ...

The question falls into same category as why buildings are not build from one piece of rock but a bunch of bricks? Answer: easier to navigate than scroll through one huge file make recompile works ...

The other answers are fine, but something they're missing is actual technical limitations. For example, you can't actually save all of the code for my day-job application in one file - it's bigger ...

I have been told to write large applications in several different files. They say it will run faster. What makes it run faster? Also does a multifile application ACTUALLY run faster than a singlefile ...

Advantages of using multiple files for a program are numerous.For instance: if you write code for a class in a separate file, you can use that class in multiple programs. It increases reusability of ...

Another significant reason to use multiple files that somehow no one has mentioned: When you work on a software development project with a team, it is very common to use a version control system such ...