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Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT Reliability Beats Brilliance

"On one Sackman programming task, the best-to-worst spread in coding time was about 25 to 1."

The roughly 25-to-1 figure applies to coding time on one specific task and should not be treated as a universal multiplier for programmer ability.

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Source title Exploratory experimental studies comparing online and offline programming performance
Source authors H. Sackman; W. J. Erikson; E. E. Grant
Source year 1968
Confidence high
Importance high
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