A Software Science Analysis of COBOL Programs
Vincent Y. Shen, Herbert E. Dunsmore · Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) · 1980
A Software Science COBOL analyzer has been developed by the Software Research Group at Purdue University.The analyzer, written in COBOL, counts operators and operands in the Data and Procedure Divisions.The results of some pilot studies with this analyzer are reported.Examining 16 programs written by experienced COBOL programmers, 237 programs written by students, and 11 professionally-produced programs, the analyzer produces operator and operand counts that satisfy Software Science requirements.In addition there is nearly perfect agreement between the Software Science time estimate and the actual time it took to construct the analyzer.