[comp.lang.c++] some rumors of OOP benefits at AT&T Bell Labs

biggers@wolves.uucp (Mark Biggers) (02/06/90)

Hello,

I read recently a blurbsheet by an O-O database vendor mentioning, in
passing, a reference to OOP benefits.  In C++-based software projects at
Bell Labs, the ratio of new software developed / to reused software had
reversed over some period of time:

80% new code / 20% reused code

(time passes, C++ in use...)

20% new code / 80% reused code

I called and asked the vendor for any Bell Labs tech reports mentioning
studies on this, but they never got back to me.  Do you all at the Labs plan
on publishing any studies anytime soon (or did we miss them)?

cheers, mark

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