> -----Original Message----- > From: tutor-bounces+mike.hansen=atmel....@python.org > [mailto:tutor-bounces+mike.hansen=atmel....@python.org] On > Behalf Of Mac Ryan > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:33 AM > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: [Tutor] Tutor list as pair progamming plush toy > > Have you ever got that piece of advice about - when you have > stuck on a > bug you seem unable to track - getting a plush toy to whom you explain > your code? (This is of course a workaround if you do not have a fellow > developer to help you out). > > Well... I found out this advice kind of works for me, with the notable > difference that my plush toy is this mailing list. It works so > wonderfully that indeed is several months I do not post any message: > whenever I get stuck, I begin to write a message to the list, > and in the > process of explaining what is the intended behaviour and outcome of my > code, I systematically find the bug by myself. > > I know - this is slightly OT for the list - but I thought to share as > maybe this is a "hidden benefit" the list is bringing to a few people > without the tutors even knowing it. > > Does anybody else experience the same? > > Cheers, :) > Mac. >
This kind of sounds like the rubber duck method of debugging. http://lists.ethernal.org/oldarchives/cantlug-0211/msg00174.html Mike _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor