AppleWorks 5 limits

[Jim.Low@logicbbs.org]

AppleWorks 5 has a maximum limit of 16,249 lines in the WP or the same
number of records in the database.  I'd like to get more lines/
records in my files.  Some time ago, I heard that it's "impossible" to
patch AppleWorks to allow more.  The answer was "the entire program
would have to be rewritten."
 
I never understood the word "impossible."  I recall there was a patch
for AppleWorks 2 to allow up to 22,000 lines.  The patch was done by
eliminating one feature of AppleWorks -- the capability of formatting
disks within the program.
 
I wonder if the same sort of thing couldn't be done with AppleWorks 5
-- allow more lines if some feature, such as formatting, was removed.
 
AppleWorks trivia:  What is the maximum size, in bytes, an AppleWorks
WP file can be (and opened with AW 5)?  I made one 1,332,504 bytes
long.  Can anyone beat that?