Re: parsability and human factors

"Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk>
Sat, 07 Feb 2015 12:45:16 +0000

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From: "Derek M. Jones" <derek@_NOSPAM_knosof.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 12:45:16 +0000
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References: 10-11-017 15-02-009 15-02-011
Keywords: design
Posted-Date: 08 Feb 2015 03:49:00 EST

Glen,


> I went to a talk, not so long ago, by someone actually studying people
> using computer languages. It seems that many people who write papers
> about how easy or hard they are to use don't actually do any tests
> with real people.


Yes, plenty of arm waving and personal opinions abound.


One experiment suggests that developers are good at doing
what they do most:
http://www.knosof.co.uk/dev-experiment/accu06.html
[Write buggy code? -John]


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