Comments on: Fun with sloccount http://mickworld.knobbits.org/blog/20060611/12/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Erik http://mickworld.knobbits.org/blog/20060611/12/#comment-89 Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:47:06 +1000 http://mickworld.knobbits.org/blog/20060611/12/#comment-89 Me blogging about sloccount on libsndfile: http://www.mega-nerd.com/erikd/Blog/CodeHacking/libsndfile_sloccount.html Me blogging about sloccount on libsndfile:

http://www.mega-nerd.com/erikd/Blog/CodeHacking/libsndfile_sloccount.html

]]> by: Micksa http://mickworld.knobbits.org/blog/20060611/12/#comment-91 Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:03:21 +1000 http://mickworld.knobbits.org/blog/20060611/12/#comment-91 You bastard, you're stealing my blogjuice! :) For the un-initiated, there are some things that need to be remembered about the numbers given by sloccount: <ol> <li> There is a default overhead factor of 2.4. That is, for every $1 of programmer cost there is another $1.40 of overhead. Office space, accounting, caffeinated beverages, etc.</li> <li>The cost covers design, testing, documentation etc., and assumes all this has been done.</li> <li>The "effort factor" can change according to all sorts of factors - programmer expertise, reliabiltiy requirements etc.</li> </ol> As a sort of yardstick, I figured out what sloccount considers to be a day of programmers work (including design etc but not overhead), and found a program in my junk box that is about the right size: http://mickworld.knobbits.org/viewcvs/misc/primes.cc?rev=1.1&amp;view=markup This program apparently would take an average programmer a full day to design, code, test and document. You bastard, you’re stealing my blogjuice! :)

For the un-initiated, there are some things that need to be remembered about the numbers given by sloccount:

  1. There is a default overhead factor of 2.4. That is, for every $1 of programmer cost there is another $1.40 of overhead. Office space, accounting, caffeinated beverages, etc.
  2. The cost covers design, testing, documentation etc., and assumes all this has been done.
  3. The “effort factor” can change according to all sorts of factors - programmer expertise, reliabiltiy requirements etc.

As a sort of yardstick, I figured out what sloccount considers to be a day of programmers work (including design etc but not overhead), and found a program in my junk box that is about the right size:

http://mickworld.knobbits.org/viewcvs/misc/primes.cc?rev=1.1&view=markup

This program apparently would take an average programmer a full day to design, code, test and document.

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