Category: power-law
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Distribution of number of statements in functions
The source code of individual functions is written a particular way by individuals to solve particular problems. When source code use of programming constructs are counted, in a sufficiently large quantity of source code, various patterns emerge. The most common patterns involve power laws and exponentials. The plot below shows the number of functions containing…
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Waiting times and the task selection process
When working on a project, what process do developers use to select the next task to implement? One way to answer this question is to ask the developers/managers working on the project. However, these people are not always available, and sometimes the actual process used is not what management say it is. Analysis of the…
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Christmas books for 2024
My rate of book reading has picked up significantly this year. The following are the really interesting books I read, as is usually the case, most were not published in this year. I have enjoyed Grayson Perry’s TV programs on the art world, so I bought his book “Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art…