[Fwd: Re: Laws and the law]

Paul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:33:44 -0800


Jeff Bone wrote:
> 
> Paul Prescod wrote:
> 
> > Easy to comprehend.
> 
> This is just the kind of loosey-goosey, subjective, unmeasurable claptrap
> I'd expect from Paul.  ;-)  Fine, maybe that's what he means by "simple."
> I'm for a more measurable definition.  Take your pick of any of:  function
> point expressivity, code-size complexity measures on example algorithms,
> etc.

Would you be in favor of a manager that selected a programming language
based on those measures? This language scores 8.7 on the Bone complexity
measure so it must be "better" than the other language that scores only
8.4?

 Paul Prescod