Comment Re:Software Schedules (Score 2, Interesting) 480
>One of the conclusions is that script languages such as Python or Perl are about 2-3 times as fast to program with than Java or C/C++, at least in the small projects
the biggest problem of all, is people with experience in small projects trying to apply that to large ones. Working on a million LOC program and a 20k LOC program simply can not be compared. We can speak of orders of magnitude difference, but unless you've worked on very large systems, you really don't have a clue.
And of course, the vast majority of people who have time to write books and papers work on the small systems.
the biggest problem of all, is people with experience in small projects trying to apply that to large ones. Working on a million LOC program and a 20k LOC program simply can not be compared. We can speak of orders of magnitude difference, but unless you've worked on very large systems, you really don't have a clue.
And of course, the vast majority of people who have time to write books and papers work on the small systems.
