On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 03:47:19PM +0100, Andy Wardley wrote:
> 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.
We have (semi-)regular programming contests in work where people get an
hour to do something - usually in twos or threes. The original premise was
that they should split the task up into smaller tasks and split them out,
but a lot of teams seem to prefer to work in the "you code we watch" style.
I think a lot of this is down as much to the enforced "thinking aloud"
style that lets you see a problem clearer than just diving in, than to
other people even commenting.
Personally, when trying to find a really elusive bug, I find that just
bringing someone else over and explaining it to them will let me see
the bug. For this it's better to explain to someone who tends not to
ask lots of questions to distract you!
Tony
PS Does anyone know of any Icelandic perlmongers? I'm going to Boston
next week with a stopover in Reykjavik, but there's nothing listed
on pm.org...
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