Unless I disremember, that is from Fred Brooks 'The Mythical
Man Month' and referred to writing an IBM OS ( forget which one ),
and was assembly code.
This was for fully documented and unit tested code.
And it was 6 lines, not 10. :)
Jared
On Monday 18 June 2001 05:00, Boivin, Patrice J wrote:
> Didn't IBM have a "standard", something like a good programmer will produce
> ten lines of code per day?
>
> That was in the days before OOP, though.
>
> Regards,
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
> Systems Admin & Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes
> Technology Services | Services technologiques
> Informatics Branch | Direction de l'informatique
> Maritimes Region, DFO | Région des Maritimes, MPO
>
> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Spence [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 2:05 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: OT: Working from home
>
> My theory is this.
>
>
> A loosely used ratio for performance reviews.
>
>
> (Number of Bugs Resolved x Number of Projects x Number of lines of
> code -
> (Bugs introduced in your code x 500))
>
> But use this with a grain of salt as many things are involved in
> programming
> and lines of codes, bugs, and number of products are all relative to
> the
> current situation.
>
>
> "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are
> easy if
> both are frozen."
>
> Christopher R. Spence
> Oracle DBA
> Fuelspot
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 3:55 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> On Friday 15 June 2001 06:00, Rachel Carmichael wrote:
> > There was a manager in that same shop who measured her programmers
> > abilities by the number of lines of code they wrote in a day. She
>
> also
> said
>
> > to me once "I don't like to waste time on design"
>
> Rachel,
>
> Remember the Dilbert where the PHB tells the engineers
> that he'll pay a cash incentive for every bug the find
> and fix?
>
> Wally leave the meaning saying " I'm gonna code me a minivan!"
>
> As for lines of code, one could get even by writing succint
> obtuse code before leaving. ;)
>
> Jared
>
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Jared Still
> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing
> Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Christopher Spence
> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing
> Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: Jared Still
INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
