* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> From: "Andy Wardley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 10/25/00 2:47:19 PM
>
> > One of the most important tenets of XP, IMHO, is working
> > in pairs. One person types while the other watches. The
> > one who isn't typing tends to catch all the typos and
> > thinkos that the typist can't see.
> >
>
> I was forced to do this at QXL and whilst my partner was a bright
> person, he knew nothing about Perl, to I had to explain everything
> that I did to him in such painful detail that it took at twice
> as long to get anything done.
>
I had to do this at Tesco recently with Mike Jarvis as we had only
physical access to the server. I think it worked really well, we
managed to hack through a lot of problems very quickly, thanks to the
mixed bag of skills we had.
It is definetly a good idea and can also make programming more fun.
Greg
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