Oh boy, I can smell the debates regarding programming styles in lieu of reducing lines of code. Could this be where GOTO's have their day. my 1 cent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Dubery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:24 AM Subject: Productivity metrics
> Hi all, > > IBM initiated a metric called "Function Points" that attempts to provide a > means for measuring programming tools by the amount of code that has to be > written in order to produce a program of a certain complexity. > > There have been several studies by which programming languages have been > ranked in terms of lines of code (LOC) per function point (FP) > > Smalltalk, for example, is reckoned to have a ratio of 20 LOC per FP. Java > and C++ come in around the 50 mark. > > Is anybody aware of studies that have applied this kind of scoring to the > BASIC used in MV databases, or any other study that seeks to rank > programming languages in terms of programmer producivity and that includes > MV BASIC? > > Thanks > > Bob > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
