>Hi Hilmar --
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>LOC was developed originally to measure productivity for COBOL programmers.
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>Function Point Analysis, developed by later Capers Jones, has separate metrics for application code, forms, reports, algorithms, etc. Although it doesn't have the simplicity of the LOC measure, proponents say that it provides a more accurate estimation tool for development.
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>Jones has an extensive bibliography.
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>Below is a conversation which he participated in on his book "Estimating Software Costs"
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http://www.highq.be/quality/estimat.htm>
>Enjoy!
Thanks.
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