Re: Pair programming [ was: Re: [tlug] [OT] Good IT Resume

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Josh Glover writes:
>
> > Sure. But what does pair programming solve that a formal review
> > process does not?
>
> Mr. T's "XP in a Nutshell":
>
>    What does a formal review process solve that pair programming does
>    not?  Nothing we can see, so why waste the effort?
> ...
> "I am even so *still* not kidding!"

Well, just look at it from a different perspective. What is a code
review but...a meeting.

Now I don't know if the word "meeting" inspires as much dread in you as
it does me, but personally, it's not a word I particularly associate
with "productivity."

cjs
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