I had a request for line counts:
-- my own project used ~5,000loc, which includes comments and blank lines
-- of these, ~3,200 lines are 'real' code and some ~1,800 lines of
rackunit code
-- the Java projects run at about 2x to 3x the line count (the best project
comes in at close to 12Kloc)
-- the C++ project is close to 4Kloc, w/o any tests
-- the Python project came out to 2,8000 lines, including tests
Some caveats apply of course:
++ Java is extremely verbose and cumbersome, even with parametric
polymorphism.
++ Only one project had a larger test ratio than my own. But the project was
in Java and see preceding bullet.
++ Only the C++ project has a GUI that is comparable to my own.
++ Not one server lived up to the same quality level as mine. (I sent them a
free-formatted string of 1,000,000 lines and that broke everyone's code).
++ Two of seven clients faulted all the time. One faulted on an intermittent
basis.
And there are other caveats. I am sure I could write more compact Java code
than any of the students, though I doubt I'd get close to what I have.
I will reflect some more and report on the language comparison a bit more.
-- Matthias
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