From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-09 18:26:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml References: <3B20E591.AB2B3EA9@dresdner-bank.com> Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:26:32 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.54.103.54 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 992136369 210.54.103.54 (Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:26:09 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:26:09 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10532 comp.lang.ada:8501 comp.lang.awk:2957 comp.lang.clarion:21562 comp.lang.java.programmer:75051 comp.lang.pl1:956 comp.lang.vrml:3692 Date: 2001-06-10T13:26:32+12:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:c98U6.73619$%i7.55960791@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com... > >It depends on what the code is actually doing; I can knock out > >boilerplate code pretty quickly thanks to touch-typing. And even on > >those two or three lines, typing them faster allows me to start > >thinking about the next lines sooner. > Has anyone ever published a time & motion study of programmers? > I've toyed with setting up a TV camera to look over my shoulder > and see just how much time actually is spent typing/waiting for > compiles/thinking/etc. Hard data, not "it seems to me I'm always..." I once read a study which measured the eye movement as compared to the hand movement solving simple cognitive problems - like recognizing a shape for what it is and making a choice amongst several possibilities. Granted, it may not be directly related to the programming, but human nature been what it is it's still suggestive. The eye movement outrun hand movement (including involantory spastic movements) by more then two orders of magnitude. The way it was done was to attach tiny sensors to the eyeball, fingertips etc. Of course under those conditions *anyone* would be nervous but the results were consistent as far as the ratios were concerned.