Graduate thesis on Python-related subject

[Steve Purcell]

Jarno J Virtanen wrote:
> 
> In short, the main goal is to test hypothesis that a program (or some other
> piece of code) written in a very high level language or scripting
> language (specifically Python in my study) is 3-10 times shorter
> measured in lines of code than a program written in traditional system
> programming language (eg.  C/C++/Java, don't know yet).
>
> [snip]
> Is there "official" (or other) interest in such study? 
> 
> [snip]
> 1) The work could possibly be beneficial for the Python community.
>    This would give me extra motivation on improving the quality, 
>    if and when my overall motivation decreases at some stage.


I'm sure many people on this list would be interested in such a study.

Some people have a hard time convincing their managers and colleagues to
support the use of Python, and this might help them.

-Steve

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