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software estimation

Name: Anonymous 2009-02-11 15:01

I have a piece of code written to copy files, and a lot more, to a mainframe. I have to write another piece of code, from scratch, to do the same of actions to the same set to a UNIX box. I have to estimate how long it will take to write the second piece using the first piece as my starting block. Does anyone know of any methodologies which I can say, given x lines of code, it may take me n hours? The target language is PERL, but I could substitute C/C++ at a pinch.

Name: Anonymous 2009-02-11 22:27

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I have never seen these experiments. Please post links if you have any. I'm basing this on my observation that over a given period of time, programmers in other languages seem to produce a lot more LOC than me, even if we accomplish similar amounts. Do the studies you mention incorporate design time?

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