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It's Not About Lines of Code

Charles Connell writes: "What makes a programmer highly productive? Is it lines of code per day? Lines of good code? In this article, I examine the concept of software productivity. I look at some of the standard definitions for productivity and show why they are wrong. I then propose a new definition that captures what programming really is about." Read on for Connell's stab at a better way of evaluating the worth of programmer time. CT Originally the contents of an article were here but there was a communication problem resulting in us thinking we were given permission to print the article here. Now that things have been cleared up, we've linked the original article which you can read instead. Sorry about the inconvenience.

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  1. Re:Evaluation: by Aiku1337 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    or inches on their waists? ;)