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| From | Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: The magical number seven |
| Date | 2014-10-21 11:44 +0200 |
| Organization | 1&1 Internet AG |
| Message-ID | <m259u1$8pj$1@online.de> (permalink) |
| References | <0418ac8f-88e1-4974-ad28-6313a45869c9@googlegroups.com> <15161515938433@frunobulax.edu> <85siihdi6g.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> |
Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > There are many shorter words. I get an average of 8.7. > > Histogram: > > 1 ****************** > 2 ***************************** > 3 ********************* > 4 ******************** > 5 ************ > 6 **************** > 7 *********** > 8 ********** > 9 ***** > 10 ******* > 11 *** > 12 *** > 13 ** > 14 * > 15 ***** > 16 ** > 17 ** > 18 * > 19 ** > 20 ** > 21 ** > 22 * > 23 * > 24 ** > 25 * > 27 * > 29 * > 30 * > 32 * > 34 * > 38 * > 43 ** > 47 * > 60 ** > 67 * The histogram is much more useful here: It's a long tail statistics. Apparently, the pressure is towards very small words, and ~80% of the words are "well factored". 20% aren't, and it looks like they need half of the source code space. -- Bernd Paysan "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" http://bernd-paysan.de/
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