Re: [extremeprogramming] The principle behind How Test-Driven Development Works

Dave,

I wouldn't advise it, but you could put a bunch of naked people on a
desert island (oww, hot, sunburn on sensitive areas, unwise) with no
technology, and they absolutely could produce software.

They might not be able to run it or execute it on a modern computer,
because they lack access to one, but as long as they're alive, they can
produce software.

If they have some way of recording their thoughts, they could even
commit that software to permanent record instead of just keeping it in
their heads or exchanging it verbally between each other.

It wasn't too long ago that people, get this, actually hand-executed
programs by reading the source code and keeping track of variable values
and such.  All without the use of an electronic computer.  Typically,
this was done when access to a computer was expensive or limited, and
you had a job to do, a job ... producing software.

Please, don't respond with "ok boomer" ... 😬😂

You can literally produce software with a room full of naked people with
no access to a computer.  Although, as we acknowledge this is a people
problem, it may be hard to get those naked people to, ah, focus on
producing that software.  Again: people problem, not technology problem.

Thanks,

Dossy


On 11/20/19 2:08 AM, Dave Nicolette wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I think I understand your point and I probably agree with it. But when
> you write, "Software development is a people problem, not a technical
> problem," I hope you're exaggerating to make a point. If software
> development were *not* in any sense a technical problem, and were
> *only* a people problem, then you could put a bunch of naked people on
> a desert island with no technology, and they could produce software.
> Such is the power of the word, "not."
>
> Cheers,
> Dave

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