Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!ndsuvax!ncmagel From: ncmagel@ndsuvax.UUCP (ken magel) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: program complexity metrics Keywords: uses needs Message-ID: <561@ndsuvax.UUCP> Date: 10 Dec 87 15:35:01 GMT Organization: North Dakota State University Fargo, ND Lines: 14 Does anyone actually use program complexity metrics for practical work? I am interested in how companies actually use complexity metrics ranging from lines of code to cyclomatic complexity to software science to the many other metrics which have been proposed. Today one get get either public domain or as a commercial product programs which will compute and report several different metrics. Are these actually used? If you do not use program complexity metrics, what sort of proof, evidence or demonstrations would your company need to cause you to consider using them? What kinds of payoffs do they have to have and how would those payoffs be established to your satisfaction? I am particularly interested in answers to the second paragraph of questions. Thank you.