The time it takes to get things done in software is based on what the
software language abstracts versus what the person is trying to express.
For example, if I have a tool that can automatically display information
from a relational database, and the only thing I want to express is
displaying inf
On 11/05/2011, at 10:25 PM, Paola Kathuria wrote:
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> 2) is a call to an existing function "re-use"?
>
> I've been the PHP developer for the-racehorse.com since 2006 and
> have produced over 30,000 lines of code. However, I'm calling
> some functions written earlier in new code? Is that counted
John Domingue wrote:
> I would like to convey to a non-computer scientist
> audience the significant effort that goes into software production in
> order to motivate software and component re-use. Otherwise a naive
> person may ask "why not just create the software you need on demand
> every time?"
Hi Frank, at the risk of going off topic for this list there are
several reasons for targeting non-specialists. Lindsay mentioned
funding agencies to which I would add below.
At the Open University we have a general background interest in this
as we do not have formal requirements for our c
>+ in all seriousness, who cares what naïve people think about anything?
Quite often they are controlling the purse strings. (though who has a purse
with strings these days? Surely it at least has a zip)
L.
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Hi, John.
John Domingue wrote:
John and Paola, thanks for your comments. I understand that there are
many variables. I would like to convey to a non-computer scientist
audience the significant effort that goes into software production in
order to motivate software and component re-use.
It's
Thanks a lot Richard and John for the extensive comments. These more
than satisfy my needs.
best
John
On 11 May 2011, at 04:20, Richard O'Keefe wrote:
On 10/05/2011, at 5:55 PM, John Domingue wrote:
John and Paola, thanks for your comments. I understand that there
are many variables. I
On 10/05/2011, at 5:55 PM, John Domingue wrote:
> John and Paola, thanks for your comments. I understand that there are many
> variables. I would like to convey to a non-computer scientist audience the
> significant effort that goes into software production in order to motivate
> software and
That argument is fairly easy to make...
1. it takes a long time to write code (even if you already know all your
requirements, and they don't change)
2. In writing that code, programmers make lots of mistakes
3. Each bug takes a LONG time to fix
Thus, reusing any components you can is a real
John and Paola, thanks for your comments. I understand that there are
many variables. I would like to convey to a non-computer scientist
audience the significant effort that goes into software production in
order to motivate software and component re-use. Otherwise a naive
person may ask "w
John Domingue wrote:
> I'm looking for pointers to how much time and cost is associated with
> producing software code.
I am somewhat flumoxed by this question. What kind of an answer were
you expecting?
The time to produce code can depend on:
- what one is trying to build
- what it's built from
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