cpc@camcon.co.uk (Chris Cracknell) (05/26/89)
raveling@venera.isi.edu (Paul Raveling) writes: >In article <4625@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes: >>From article <854@odyssey.ATT.COM>, by gls@odyssey.ATT.COM (g.l.sicherman): >>> Real programmers spend 90% of their time debugging. ^^^^^^^^^^^ > Actually, the numbers I thought were generally accepted were > 20% - 50% of project time for debugging. ^^^^^^^ I believe both of these figures are correct. Project time includes far more time than that spent by the programmers on it. Just my tuppenny-worth Chris Cracknell