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   Derek to All   
   Re: Compilation Quotient (CQ): A Metric    
   10 Jun 24 20:30:37   
   
   From: derek-nospam@shape-of-code.com   
      
   John,   
      
   > This preprint from TU Delft and ETH Zurich generates small programs from   
   > the grammars of several popular programs, and calculates CQ, which is   
   > roughly the percentage (0-100) that compile, intended as a proxy for how   
   > hard the languages are to write.  C has a CQ of 48, Rust barely above   
   > zero.   
      
   The paper   
   Programming Languages vs. Fat Fingers   
   https://www2.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/blog/20121205/index.html   
      
   made small changes to existing code, in various languages,   
   and then measured how many compiled, ran and produced   
   the correct output.   
      
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