> I was under the impression[1] that LOC/day didn't really vary from language > to language for a given programmer. Thus, the argument for high-level > languages.
> > As for memory management- it just isn't a problem. I can't remember when > > the last time I had a memory pointer problem. You eliminate a negligible > I think you have to approach it statistically; lots of programmers, lots > of different problems, over a significant period of time. Repeatedly. http://www.cis.udel.edu/~silber/470STUFF/article.pdf Here is a paper the does an empirical comparison that shows that scripting languages are generally 2x shorter and 2x faster to develop than in C like languages. Chris -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
