Richard Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 08.03.2005, 15:57:35: > All were comfortable going straight to coding, and pen and paper > hardly got used. What struck me was how they consciously used the > coding process to gain immediate feedback about their approach. > When questioned, it was clear that going straight to coding, and > using the coding and execution cycle to feedback into the design > from the start, were the norm in their working habits. This is an > example of what I call the 'extreme extreme programming' > outlook naturally adopted by some software authors.
this very, very common practice is the reason why we are not a software development but a software repair industry. the problem was identified decades ago for example by dijkstra: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd03xx/EWD340.PDF best regards, gerold ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([email protected]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
