Ok I see. Meaningless then. You can write some pretty hairy nested stuff into a single 'C' statement. How is that counted? If you call a library function, do you count all the lines in that function? If you execute a SQL command under TSQL, how much of the SQL library is included in the tally?
It's like those old programming competitions - write the shortest program in any computer language that prints itself, and so forth (before anyone pipes up, my entry: pg $0) I used a class generator a while back to generate VB classes to access a data source. The classes are horrible, complicated, long winded things - but since they were machine generated and provide just about every method I might need my productivity was actually improved by using them. A uvCase screen is built using a screen designer or from a short script. But the screen interpreter includes thousands of lines of Delphi code. Again, which is counted? As a measure it all sounds a bit pointless - I can't see how number of statements relates to programmer productivity when there are so many different ways to pare a moggie. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Dubery Sent: 14 April 2004 12:59 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: Re: Productivity metrics ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'U2 Users Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:55 PM Subject: RE: Productivity metrics > By 'lines of code' I wonder what they mean? > > Lines of source code? Number of Actions? Source or executable statements? I've seen it expressed as lines of source code or as "statements" -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ________________________________________________________________________ This email was checked by MessageLabs SkyScan before entering Microgen. ________________________________________________________________________ This email was checked on leaving Microgen for viruses, similar malicious code and inappropriate content by MessageLabs SkyScan. DISCLAIMER This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information. In the event of any technical difficulty with this email, please contact the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microgen Information Management Solutions http://www.microgen.co.uk -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
