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Date: | 2004-06-19 (12:51) |
From: | Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <qrczak@k...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Great Programming Language Shootout Revived |
W li¶cie z sob, 19-06-2004, godz. 13:56 +0200, Nicolas Janin napisa³(a): > Concerning the idea of zipping the source codes as a measure of code length, > I find it quite good, as the zipped code is less sensitive to code layout > than a pure line count and is a decent measure of the information conveyed. I don't like this as a measure of the amount of code which must be written and maintained, because copy&paste might actually come shorter or equal to introducing appropriate named abstractions, while being much worse design. I think token count is the most objective measure from measures which are reasonably easy to take automatically. If not token count, then line count, and finally character count. -- __("< Marcin Kowalczyk \__/ qrczak@knm.org.pl ^^ http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners