Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!microsoft!rons
From: rons@microsoft.UUCP (Ron STARR)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Redesign more important that language
Message-ID: <70522@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 91 01:59:14 GMT
References: <1991Jan4.004138.7013@ashtate> <22574@well.sf.ca.us> <2961.279ffcba@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <1991Jan26.094306.17436@lth.se> <1991Jan28.140735@itwdo.fhg.de>
Reply-To: rons@microsoft.UUCP (Ron STARR)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <1991Jan28.140735@itwdo.fhg.de> rueger@itwdo.fhg.de writes:
->In article <1991Jan26.094306.17436@lth.se> Dag M. Bruck writes:
->
->>>	...  Smalltalk's 4x productivity over conventional languages
->>>	such as C can not be ignored as a strong indicator of its power.
->
->>I seem to recall having seen some figures of programmer productivity
->>some years back.  I think the figures struck me as interesting but
->>highly speculative.
->>
->>Any pointers would be appreciated.

....(ref to German article deleted)....

DeMarco and Lister's book _Peopleware_ includes a bit of information
on programmer productivity. Their conclusion is that the work
environment has a far greater effect on programmer productivity
than choice of language. Of course, they don't consider OOPLs...