Re: [9fans] XP (was: code complexity)

[Boyd Roberts <boyd@strakt.com>]

geoff@collyer.net wrote:
> I haven't read enough about XP to comment on most of it, but I dislike
> the idea of pair programming.

Depends of the circumstances.

> There's nothing wrong with someone else
> reading my code, but I need some quiet and calm to program, so having
> someone nattering in my ear, second-guessing me is going to be a
> disaster.  And how is the other member of the pair selected?

Well yeah, that is a problem.  At least here we're a small group and
are going in the same direction.  Pair programming in a large group
[real world] would be a disaster (unless you like being lectured or
yelled at :).

We don't do it that much, but sometimes we do, when we want to, with
who we want to.  Then again, I guess I am pair programming right now
with a guy 30km away [we are discussing protocol implementation issues].

> Go it alone?

I'd go for the 'go it alone' but call in for help when I/you need it.