Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.lightlink.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: "Derek M. Jones" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: parsability and human factors Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 12:45:16 +0000 Organization: virginmedia.com Lines: 14 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <15-02-013@comp.compilers> References: <10-11-017@comp.compilers> <15-02-009@comp.compilers> <15-02-011@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1423385340 66040 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (8 Feb 2015 08:49:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 08:49:00 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: design Posted-Date: 08 Feb 2015 03:49:00 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1515 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]