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From: jcm@hgc.edu (James McKim)
Subject: Re: Smalltalk v C++ Programmer Productivity
Message-ID: <1995Jan13.170522.20223@merlin.hgc.edu>
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In article <1995Jan12.193709.29064@boole.com> jka@boole.com (John Ahlstrom) writes:
>Please excuse me if this is a duplicate, my comp.object and comp.lang.smalltalk
>feeds did not include my original posting.
>
>I am looking for documented or anecdotal descriptions of actual experience
>that allows comparison of actual C++ and Smalltalk programmer productivity.
>
>Here is one such description (it is not from my company):
>
> "About a year ago a large North American corporation suspended
> all Smalltalk development, began all new development in C++
> and began converting existing Smalltalk to C++.
>
> In one conversion from Smalltalk to C++ an 8 person group
> including many of the 6 original Smalltalkers produced in 12 months
> about 80% of the functionality that a 6 person group
> produced in Smalltalk in 3 months.  Roughly 6*3 : 8*12 or
> 18:96 or 5+:1 productivity edge for Smalltalk."
>
>They have abandoned their plans to convert old applications
>from Smalltalk to C++ but are doing all new development in C++.
			^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Given their own evidence, why did they make this decision?
Enquiring minds and all that....

>
>Any additional details you can provide about the nature of the
>project will add value to the description.
>-- 
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-- Jim
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