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From: aland@servio.slc.com (Alan Darlington)
Subject: Re: Function Point Counts in Smalltalk
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If you haven't already seen Capers Jone's "Software
Productivity Research - Programming Languages Table"
(http://www.spr.com/library/langtbl.htm), it might
give you some leads.

  Cheers,
  Alan
    (standard disclaimer)


"Brad S. Spieth" <Brad.Spieth@bridge.bst.bls.com> writes:
> I am looking for any feedback on function point counts for Smalltalk, C++, and 
> Visual Basic.  
> 
> For anyone who is isn't familiar with function point counting, it is a method for 
> counting functionality delivered to users and is stated as function points per 
> developer per work month.
> 
> As information, the industry standard for COBOL is approximately 14-18 per 
> developer per month.
> 
> Thanks.


