Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:4497 comp.lang.c++:10611 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!mimsy!tove.cs.umd.edu!cml From: cml@tove.cs.umd.edu (Christopher Lott) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Function Point vs. LOC for C++ Message-ID: <28127@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 30 Nov 90 02:52:13 GMT References: <1990Nov29.140601.26970@pdn.paradyne.com> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Reply-To: cml@tove.cs.umd.edu (Christopher Lott) Organization: The University of Maryland Dept of Computer Science Lines: 25 In article <1990Nov29.140601.26970@pdn.paradyne.com> locke@pdn.paradyne.com (Richard Locke) writes: >Does anyone know an approximate relationship between Function Points >and LOC for the C++ programming language? Seems to me that this would make a great empirical study...... and someone in, say, an AT&T environment would be in a perfect position to study several C++ developments (the more the better) and write a really nice paper about relationships between function points and executable lines of code FOR SOME APPLICATION DOMAIN and IN SOME PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT. Anyone want to fund me for 6 months to study this in their organization? (I'm only 1/2 kidding, and I do NOT mean to use the net for financial gain) No relationship is going to apply to ALL applications, environments, etc. But data like this is *very* useful in the environment where it was gathered, and somewhat interesting as a baseline in other environments where measurement work is a little less advanced. Has anyone done such a study? It would make a great paper for me to review for a class I'm in right now, so I'm interested too! chris... -- Christopher Lott Dept of Comp Sci, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 cml@cs.umd.edu 4122 AV Williams Bldg 301-405-2721