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On 12/22/2011 06:26 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>
> Back when I was starting out, there were widely quoted studies that claimed
> that programmer productivity was about 100 lines per day, no matter what
> language, tools, or targets were involved.

Not sure where you got that. The figure I encountered, averaged over the entire 
development effort from initial requirements to acceptance testing, was one line 
of code per person hour. By that measure, 50 unnecessary lines cost 6.25 person 
days of effort.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"C++ is like giving an AK-47 to a monk, shooting him
full of crack and letting him loose in a mall and
expecting him to balance your checking account
'when he has the time.'"
Drew Olbrich
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