On Fri, December 8, 2006 1:23 am, Tracy R Reed wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Also known as "XP". Is it yet another programming fad? I think probably > so. No silver bullets etc. But these Japanese guys sure drank the > kool-aid and went back for seconds: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpw8h4OGNxg > > Nuttiest thing I've seen in a while. >
We has a group of developers at our work who went with XP with their management blessing. As best I could tell, it was a recycling of the old RAD concepts with all the same abuses. I also thought is was an attempt to recreate those halcyon days as undergrads when programming assignments were _fun_! Some of the concepts like write the test first, small teams, and constant over-the-shoulder peer review are probably helpful in reducing errors. I don't do youtube (yet) -- what does it show? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
