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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: Patrick Logan Subject: Re: Module size (was Re: Software landmines) Date: 1998/09/05 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 388091891 References: <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6simjo$jnh$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6sjk3p$4tc$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skgn4$3gq$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35F02981.B13C875@ac3i.dseg.ti.com> Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 00:00:06 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In comp.object Jeffrey C. Dege wrote: : If we were further along in our metrics process, perhaps these questions : would be reasonable. As it is, this is the first time we've dug into : our code base in this way. We didn't have _any_ idea what sort of : distribution was normal. When I saw 900+ one-line methods, and : 60+ zero-line methods, I very much wanted to figure out why. That : is, after all, what I'm doing (well, that, and burning some time : while waiting for a customer to sign-off on a contract.) I would suggest that your down time might be better spent reading some things from Robert Martin's web site. First, the list of OO principles. Second, the metrics he has devised. Third, everything else. -- Patrick Logan (H) mailto:plogan@teleport.com (W) mailto:patrickl@gemstone.com http://www.gemstone.com