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01/26/11 09:26
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 		 #180800 - HLL productivity
Responding to: ???'s previous message
There is real evidence for the productivity advantage of a HLL. One of the quantifiable measures is 'lines of code per hour', and a typical value for tested and documented is 10 LOC per hour. Ten lines of HLL give you more functionality than ten lines of assembler!

I would also say that a key to software productivity is code reuse. I have a few C code modules for FIFOs and command interpreters that I have dropped into H8, 8051, R8C and ARM projects without modification.

I resort to assembler when C does not provide me with a suitable solution or when my C compiler produces sub-optimal code where I need raw performance. This is in some measure a criticism of the tools, and the compilers have got a lot better over the years.

List of 58 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
"standard syntax" of '51 assemblers            01/01/70 00:00      
   Use C            01/01/70 00:00      
      Use C - prudently            01/01/70 00:00      
         I hate C            01/01/70 00:00      
            Fight!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Time in the Trade            01/01/70 00:00      
               I'd submit that there are "gotcha's"            01/01/70 00:00      
                  The tools are better for HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Gotchas!            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes. Fight.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  why fight?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     that are still language-agnostic issues            01/01/70 00:00      
                        to Jan and others            01/01/70 00:00      
                           personal experience            01/01/70 00:00      
                  HLL productivity            01/01/70 00:00      
                     show me the proof            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Productivity article            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Tautologies!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              What's up with that???            01/01/70 00:00      
                           interesting but irrelevant            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Why is that irrelevant?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 I think part of the confusion stems from this ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    which packages have you seen????            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       not those in recent history            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          I don't think that's true?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Common that consultants have commercial compilers            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Who benefits?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Why would they buy that product at all?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                So You are Niche            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          look at the link in my post above            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Technology front            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Richard doesn't exactly follow the technology front....            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   and doesn't let that stop him ....            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Just because the paint is dry doesn't mean it won't work            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Perhaps not ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Technology front? In '51 asm?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              again ... I have to agree            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 as usual, Richard            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    all you have to do is to read the whole message            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Do you test your code?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           sure I do            01/01/70 00:00      
                              What you can do ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 sw test harness            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    I don't know about yours, but mine can do that ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Why didn't you read?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Well, I have to admit ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             You are forgetting memory variables in state machines            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                I think you're going over the top.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Stop and think before you write            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Footnote about code coverage            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         I agree with the principle, but not with the range            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            Lucky you            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               where you sit determines what you see            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                  when seeing too little - get a chair to stand on            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                     I'm not on board with all of that            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                        I know, lifebuoy needed            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I have to agree            01/01/70 00:00      
            As I've often said ...            01/01/70 00:00      

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