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- From: aland@servio.slc.com (Alan Darlington)
- Subject: Re: Productivity metrics for major OOPLs
- Message-ID: <1996Jan15.210401.801@slc.com>
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- Organization: GemStone Systems, Inc., Beaverton OR, USA
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- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 21:04:01 GMT
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- Michael Hirsch <hirschm@pop.eunet.ch> writes:
- > Rumor has it that programmers are more productive when they use
- > Smalltalk compared to using C++. However, so far I havent's seen
- > any metrics which support or negate this claim, other than
- > those published by Mark Lorenz in his book on OO metrics.
- >
- > I'm looking for _hard data_ on programmer productivity for major
- > OOPLs, i.e. Smalltalk, C++ and Eiffel. All hints and references
- > are welcome.
-
- Try http://www.spr.com/library/langtbl.htm (Capers Jones' "Software
- Productivity Research - Programming Languages Table").
-
- Hope this helps,
- Alan
- (standard disclaimer)
-
-
- P.S. The rumor reflects my experience!
-