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I found fancy metrics like cyclomatic complexity rather useless for 1MLoC. Large, simple functions were unfairly maligned, while tangled webs of short functions
by slavik81 11y ago
I found fancy metrics like cyclomatic complexity rather useless for 1MLoC. Large, simple functions were unfairly maligned, while tangled webs of short functions ran wild and free. Simply reviewing bugs and talking to developers provides a better picture of problem areas.
- moonchrome 11y agoPeople like metrics - even if they are meaningless or straight out wrong - nothing says "I'm a smart dude" like having graphs in your PPT under titles such as "cyclomatic complexity" and "measured metrics over time".