http://louisa.levels.unisa.edu.au/~cisajs/1996/se/cap_jon2.html says:
Capers Jones: Implementation of the Same Program in Three Languages
Reference: Jones, Capers: Sources of error in software cost estimating,
Version 1.0, November 24, 1993, Software Productivity Research,
Burlington, MA 01803
Macro
Assembly Ada 83 C ++
Source Code
Required in LOC 10,000 2,000 1,200
Activities Person-Months of Effort
Requirements 2.0 2.0 2.0
Design 4.0 2.0 0.5
Coding 10.0 1.5 0.5
Testing 4.0 1.5 1.0
Documentation 2.0 2.0 2.0
Management 2.0 1.0 0.5
Total Project 24.0 10.0 6.5
LOC/Staff Month
(Total Project) 417.0 200.0 192.0
Percent of Project
for Coding and Test 50% 33% 23%
I found the LOC/FP data I couldn't find earlier:
http://www.ifpug.org/bbs/messages/149.html
Brief description of algorithm relating LOC and function points.
Broken link for Capers Jones' data.
http://www.spr.com/library/0langtbl.htm - Capers Jones data
http://www.spr.com/library/0funcmet.htm - a discussion of that data