Compilation Quotient (CQ): A Metric for the Compilation Hardness of Programming Languages

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:21:36 +0200

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From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:21:36 +0200
Organization: Compilers Central
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Posted-Date: 10 Jun 2024 08:23:13 EDT

This preprint from TU Delft and ETH Zurich generates small programs from
the grammars of several popular programs, and calculates CQ, which is
roughly the percentage (0-100) that compile, intended as a proxy for how
hard the languages are to write. C has a CQ of 48, Rust barely above
zero.


In the discussion at the end they say "A programmer's task is to write
programs that compile." which I think summarizes the basic problem with
the paper. Take a look.


https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04778


Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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