Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Rainer Joswig]

In article <6CZgb.3273$dn6.860 at newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
 "Andrew Dalke" <adalke at mindspring.com> wrote:

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> And here's Table 31-2
> 
>                            Statements per
> Language          Level    Function Point
> --------          -----    --------------
> Assembler          1           320
> Ada 83             4.5          70
> AWK               15            25
> C                  2.5         125
> C++                6.5          50
> Cobol (ANSI 85)    3.5          90
> dBase IV           9            35
> spreadsheets      ~50            6
> Focus               8           40
> Fortran 77          3          110
> GW Basic            3.25       100
> Lisp                5           65
> Macro assembler     1.5        215
> Modula 2            4           80
> Oracle              8           40
> Paradox             9           35
> Pascal              3.5         90
> Perl               15           25
> Quick Basic 3       5.5         60
> SAS, SPSS, etc.    10           30
> Smalltalk (80 & V) 15           20
> Sybase              8           40
> Visual Basic 3     10           30
> 
>   Source: Adapted from data in 'Programming Languages
>                                     Table' (Jones 1995a)

I thought these numbers were bogus. Weren't many
of them just guesses with actually zero data
or methodology behind them???


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