Analysis of the effects of programming factors on programming effort

Authors:
H. E. Dunsmore;J. D. Gannon
Affiliations:
Purdue University U.S.A.;University of Maryland U.S.A.
Venue:
Journal of Systems and Software
Year:
1984

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Abstract

Programming effort appears to be related to choices of programming language features which we call programming factors. A series of experiments was conducted investigating program construction, comprehension, and modification. Ease of construction seemed related to average nesting depth, percentage of global variables used for data communication, average variables referenced, and average live variables per statement. Data communication and live variables were shown to be related to ease of modification as well.