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- From: li@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (li jinhua)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Productivity metrics for major OOPLs
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:26:44 GMT
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- >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.
-
- In a report (March 1995) from IDC (International Data Corporation:
- Smalltalk Market Accelerates
- a review of Smalltalk for the Smalltalk Industry Council was described.
- The report includes many data and comparisions to other languages
- such as C++, Cobol, 4GL.
- Maybe it helps.
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