--- On Fri, 2/12/10, Hansen, Mike <mike.han...@atmel.com> wrote:
From: Hansen, Mike <mike.han...@atmel.com> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Tutor list as pair progamming plush toy To: tutor@python.org Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 11:55 AM > -----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. > +1
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