Re: Any tidbits?

All I can say is there seem to be few reliable ways to measure
productivity. To be completely rational (pun not intended), in addition
to measuring the time to complete the task, you must also try to measure
the quality of work. Shop standards will help you establish basic
guidelines for quality, but every programmer has their own ideas of
good/bad easy/hard simple/clever right/wrong.

I think Rdi helps me write better code, but there's still many
improvements that are needed (like a re-indent for /free).

Jmo,
-Eric DeLong

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[mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Buck

A question : anyone ever gone to the trouble of writing the

same code in SEU and RDi and comparing the time needed just to type?

I am a green-screen RPG programmer. That is, I do not do any
web/Java/PHP programming. For what I do, WDSC is hands down
faster typing. <tab> means TAB, and I can set my own tab
stops just like a real editor! It makes D specifications go
like lightning!
--buck

I'd like to know how much faster. Managers want figures, not rough
ideas. As the only regular user of WDSc in the shop. I'm stuck on a
misfiring old V6.0 based on eclipse 3.1, I believe. Eclipse is the
standard tool for our JAVA guys so they have a free version at 3.4. I
say that comparing WDSC and SEU is like using block notes for JAVA
instead of eclipse. Ok maybe I exaggerate a little. The next time I have
a moan about it, I'd like to say something like "Rdi offers an x%
increase in programmer production".