How about having them give you a definite definition of exactly what they mean by "lines of code" - does that include blank lines....comment lines......ascii code lines..... binary code lines.....etc. Have them lay out exactly what kinds of lines they consider by "lines of code". That'll get them....
-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roberts, Chas Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Lines of code" in Remedy? Careful! Maybe they are going to pay you based upon the number of lines of code, as a measure of complexity. Count the active links and multiply by the number of parameters in each. Same with filters, add them to the mix. Then multiply by the number of tickets. Add something for guides or other programming constructs you have implemented. That would be a better indication of the complexity, which is what the metric is attempting to discover. YMMV Yours truly, Charles H. Roberts, 4th (RSP) Customer Service Manager (CSM) Riverside County Information Technology (RCIT) Office: 951-486-7780 Cell: 951-840-8699 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LJ Longwing Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Lines of code" in Remedy? Excellent answer -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David.M Clark Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Lines of code" in Remedy? Thanks for the thoughts folks, I've decided to tell them... 42. -D David M Clark Remedy Programmer/Analyst >>> Daniel Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/10/2008 6:55 AM >>> Okay, I will reset the clock on the list server so we are now Friday. >From the original question, any Friday in the 1970s or 80s. Don't forget to use 71 character lines (if I remember correctly and probably don't, column 72 was for an X to say this line is extended for at least Fortran and the rest were for sequencing your card deck in case they fell off where you put them and spread themselves over the floor). Anybody who knows the correct answer has *really* dated themselves. For the rest of you, I am going back 32 years, the first and last year I used a card punch. So David, bundle up all the responses from the arslist, bind them, Pick a number(as recommended by your peers, either random number or An inaccurate calculated one), attach a printout of the .def file and All supporting code from mid-tier, integrations etc. and hand it in :-) ... Dan p.s. has everyone requested funding for the BMC UserWorld in Miami? -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bradford Bingel Sent: April 29, 2003 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Lines of code" in Remedy? Geez . . . no one has used the "lines of source code" (SLOC) measurement since the 1980's! It was a poor metric then with monolithic languages (Cobol, Fortran, etc.), and it's an even poorer metric today using object-oriented software and N-tier architectures. But you may still need to provide a valid number. Can anyone from Remedy provide a ballpark SLOC metric by application? <history snip> ________________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" ________________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" Portions of this message may be confidential under an exemption to Ohio's public records law or under a legal privilege. If you have received this message in error or due to an unauthorized transmission or interception, please delete all copies from your system without disclosing, copying, or transmitting this message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
