Defending the Python lanuage...

[Cliff Wells]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:23:50 -0500
Steve Holden wrote:

> "Cliff Wells" <logiplexsoftware at earthlink.net> wrote ...
> > However, this discussion does give me the idea that pair-programming
could
> > be very beneficial if programmers were rotated on some schedule, so
that
> > one day they watched someone else and on another someone else watched
> them,
> > especially given a group of several programmers that could be rotated
> > through.  This way, programmers would get enough time doing development
on
> > their own but still have a chance to share ideas with other programmers
in
> > their group.  Too bad I'm not in a position to give it a try :P
> >
> The idea behind pair programming is exactly that such rotations should
take
> place. You seem to think that two prograqmmers are joined at the hip when
> teams are formed, but in fact the pairings arise fairly spontaneously in
> most cases.

Well, I obviously didn't know much about pair-programming at the start of
this thread (and I have learned quite a bit so far), so I was under a
mistaken impression regarding rotation.  Seen in this new light I would
have to reconsider my earlier position (although I still retain the right
to be skeptical ;).

> You should try it. I spent six months in Stockholm thirty years ago, and
> would still love to go back to Sweden. Also AB Strakt are serious about
> Python, so you wouldn't be forced to usae something ghastly like C++.
> 

Hrm.  You aren't just trying to get rid of me, are you?

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