Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Gus Wirth wrote: >> Andrew Lentvorski wrote: >>> Superfically, because Ada isn't succinct. Lines of code productivity >>> is constant. Verbose languages are less productive. >> >> Where is the proof for that? You're saying that because I have to type >> more I'm less productive? If my typing speed was my limiting factor, >> then maybe. But I would hope that programmers spend much more time >> thinking than typing. > > It isn't typing speed. It's richness of concept. > > There have been two studies I know of that concluded the same thing. > Speed of lines of code generated tends to be constant irrespective of > language. > > And, I cannot find either study with Google. Useless POS ...
<heh> there are lots of hits reported when searching on productivity lines of code Did you not find a trail to your reference there? ..sounds like something from Barry Boehm .. Cocomo(?) >.. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
