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A Software Metric for Python Language

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010 (ICCSA 2010)

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There are many metrics for evaluating the quality of codes written in different programming languages. However, no efforts have been done to propose metrics for Python, which is an important and useful language especially for the software development for the embedded systems. In this present work, we are trying to investigate all the factors, which are responsible for increasing the complexity of code written in Python language. Accordingly, we have proposed a unified metric for this language. Practical applicability of the metric is demonstrated on a case study.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, School of Information and Communication Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    Sanjay Misra

  2. Department of Software Engineering, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey

    Ferid Cafer

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  1. Monash University, Clayton School of Information Technology, VIC 3800, Clayton, Australia

    David Taniar

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli, 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. University of Basilicata, L.I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.T., Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  4. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineeering, LaTrobe University, VIC 3086, Bundoora, Australia

    Eric Pardede

  5. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

    Bernady O. Apduhan

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Misra, S., Cafer, F. (2010). A Software Metric for Python Language. In: Taniar, D., Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Pardede, E., Apduhan, B.O. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2010. ICCSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6017. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12165-4_24

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