From: Jonathan Guthrie 

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:33:18AM -0500, Bob Stout wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Bruce D. Wedding wrote:
> > 5.  Pair Programming - production code is written with 2 programmers at
> > each machine.

> Bull sh*t!!! I won't/can't work productively either with someone looking
> over my shoulder or holding someone else's hand. I've actually quit jobs
> rather than be stuck with this sort of arrangement.

Actually, Bob, when I read that part, I was thinking that if I had to hear
"Der Fuhrer's Face" one more time, we would come to blows.  Spike
Jones recorded more than one song, you know.  My wife says that sharing a
computer is like sharing a toothbrush.  I tend to agree.

The book _Extreme Programming Refactored_ is supposed to be an examination
of "eXtreme Programming" with some focus on its failures. I've
thought about looking into the subject, but, well, I'm already doing a lot
of what XP says to do, and so any potential benefits are limited to what's
left.
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Jonathan Guthrie (jguthrie{at}brokersys.com) Sto pro veritate

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