Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!dftsrv!mimsy!avi.umiacs.umd.edu!dalamb From: dalamb@avi.umiacs.umd.edu (David Lamb) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: WANTED: "C" code line counter program Message-ID: <31459@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 14 Mar 91 16:48:17 GMT References: <1991Mar6.214157.18633@ntpal.uucp> <1991Mar11.182848.26693@comm.wang.com> <1031@pallas.athenanet.com> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Reply-To: dalamb@umiacs.umd.edu (David Lamb) Organization: UMIACS, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Lines: 21 In article <1031@pallas.athenanet.com> dlee@pallas.athenanet.com (Doug Lee) writes: >... We need a more precise definition of "line" for this, I fear. An excellent comment. People interested in size metrics such as lines-of-code and number-of-tokens should read %A T. Capers Jones %T Programming Productivity %I McGraw-Hill %C New York %D 1986 It has a very good discussion on the flaws of size metrics (especially lines-of-code), but also how to get the most value out of them despite the flaws. -- David Alex Lamb internet: dalamb@umiacs.umd.edu