From: Bob Stout 

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Jonathan Guthrie 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.

So, basically we agree that "pair programming" isn't a good idea, right?

Besides, you never simply said that you were sick of it. Since we had to
share an office, I tried to be somewhat sensitive in what music I played (I
did play very little opera, for example). "Der Fuhrer's Face"
just seemed so right to play at that place after Mark & Chris took
over. Karma was served, though, since at Compaq the guy they hired after
I'd tried to get you in there was a dyed-in-the-wool square dancing kicker.
I'm sure I suffered as much with him as you did with Spike Jones.

> 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.

As previously noted, based on the description, it sounds like some
obviously good practices mixed with some world-class bad ideas.

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