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Raymond Calande

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May 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/15/00
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Has anyone recently done any function point analysis with the use of
Tcl? The following URL provides a listing of the average SLOC per
function point. Tcl is shown as having 64 while Perl is shown as having
21.

http://www.spr.com/library/0langtbl.htm

Somehow I can't believe that for a given application, the source code
size would be three times larger in Tcl compared to the same application
written in Perl. Have I missed something, or is their list woefully out
of date?


Jeffrey Hobbs

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May 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/15/00
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Woefully out of date is probably most accurate. They are talking about
1996 status after all, and it does seem like their tasks must be db
or datasheet oriented, given several of the languages included.

Note their own statement:

The relationship between source code statements and Function Points
has only been subject to research for a few years, so the margin of
error in Table 2 can be quite high.

They do have a contact to correct information. If someone would like
to follow up on what their tasks were (odd that they don't publish
them), that would be great.

--
Jeffrey Hobbs The Tcl Guy
jeffrey.hobbs at scriptics.com Scriptics Corp.

Raymond Calande

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May 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/16/00
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Jeffrey Hobbs wrote:

I contacted SPR, inquiring as follows.
Has there been any efforts in updating the "Programming Language Table"?
Their reply:
Sorry the table has not been updated for quite some time now.

I guess its to be expected. There's no apparent benifit for SPR to expend the
resouces to keep the table current.


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