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Computer programming is the process of creating computer software. Use this tag if you have any questions relating to this area.

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Do professional software developers write an average of 10 lines of code per day?

In the 1975 software project management book, The Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Fred Brooks states that, no matter the programming language chosen, a professional developer will write … Further, it is on the nearly same page as the other part of the claim, which is that LoC/day seems independent of the programming language being used. …
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