>The rubber plant "Dijkstra" stood in room 208 of the Computer >Laboratory, a room with about eight PhD students in it, >including Stuart Wray (I think it was his plant, but am not >sure) and myself. While we were fond of invoking "The expert >programmer effect" and the /idea/ of talking to "Dijkstra", >I'm not sure anyone ever actually spoke to the plant, as there >were plenty of real people about. We were very conscious that >explaining a problem was often sufficient without any response >from the listener.
The really interesting question is what effect did listening to programmers going on about their problems have on the plant? L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
