With respect to the UI portion... Here is a paper by Myers and Rosson from 1992: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=142789
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Raoul Duke <rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > along the lines of a thought i've had of late "why is there so much > *code*!?", i wonder if anybody has tired to study programs and > categorize the source code into purposes, so we could get a feel for > what kinds of complexities are all mixed up in our systems? i have > done cursory google searching, but it didn't immediately turn up > anything obviously appropriate based on titles. i.e. i'm wondering how > much code can be attributed to: > * wiring data through, components together. > * control flow. > * managing namespaces. > * dealing with errors of all ilk, those can be categories in and of > themselves. > * user interface. > * concurrency. > * typing. > * yadda yadda yadda > there's probably a fair bit of overlap in the semantics/purposes/goals > of those, making categorization more nuanced? > > thanks and apologies if i missed an obvious paper! > sincerely. > > -- > The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt > charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). > >
