On Fri, December 8, 2006 5:12 pm, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > >> RAD. XP. Agile. Not much daylight between 'em. > > I disagree. RAD vs. Agile, sure, not much difference. > > XP, however, is RAD/Agile with Purple KoolAid(tm).
ROTFLMAO. Glad there were no beverages involved. > > XP advocates drive me up a tree. > Umm ... me too, but I've never felt free to admit it before. (There! I feel so much better!) > First, the leaders are all a bunch of *FAILURES*. The CCC project that > spawned all these Smalltalk weenies who advocate XP got shitcanned. > Somehow people don't seem to notice this. I don't want advice from > someone who failed at what they are giving advice on, thanks. > I did not know that. > Second, "Everything has to be done together to work!" No. Good > engineering principles stand on their own. Yes, good engineering > principles can sometimes multiply their effects when done together, but, > even when done in isolation, they still work better. This is *not* true > for XP. > See my point that they're trying to recreate their happy college days. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
