Re: Lines of code per day?

From my experience the only thing that rating programmers based on LOC does is encourage bad programming practice.

Which of these two programmers is most efficient? The guy who wrote:

Temp1 = a + b;
Result = Temp1 / c;

or the one who wrote:

Result = ( a + b ) / c;

Having had to clear up the mess created in projects where LOC was the measure cured me of this approach for life.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Aug 28, 2019, at 10:12 AM, Thomas Garvey <tgarvey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've searched the archives and haven't found anything on this subject.
Has anyone ever done a study or published anything on a standard number of lines of code per day, for mid-range programmers?
Anyone ever evaluated this for hiring or retention purposes?

I know the old saw from the Mythical Man Month about ten lines of tested code per day (for any language on any platform), but that can't be true anymore, right?
So, I thought I'd start a firestorm here on the subject. Any thoughts?
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Best Regards,

Thomas Garvey


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