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