Bugs per kLOC

Posted Dec 14, 2004 23:02 UTC (Tue) by hppnq (guest, #14462)
In reply to: Bugs per kLOC by man_ls
Parent article: Coverity's kernel code quality study

I assume the Coverity program has a proper parser that allows for at least a proper comparison of the actual number of lines of code it has inspected. It must be much harder, for instance, to compare the complexity (that is inevitably related to the number of bugs found, I would say) of two programs.

But I fully agree with you that the press release reads more like a promotional flyer, which is a bit strange considering these people must know the tricks of the scientific trade.