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.

Comments

well duh

[I Want GNU!]

It's obviously not about the number of lines of code. It's about the number of lines of code you can generate. With a simple while loop or for loop, you can generate infinite numbers of lines of code. Then, it becomes more about how fast you can generate the lines of code. Plus, you want to set a slight variation so that your employer doesn't notice, and thus you can get paid the most. Cause that's what coding really is about, isn't it?

This post is not a troll.

[Rahga]

However, this article is a troll. It's soooo hardocre, even the Gap Troll envious.