Re: Inspections Was: RE: [AM] ANN: Mashing Deadly Myths

"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:09:53 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.modeling.agile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tiseo, Paul wrote:
> JB:
> 
> The beauty of "promiscuous" :) pair programming is the "union" of collective
> knowledge sets. Most developers aren't inclined to share. 

<opinion>
Developers not inclined to share should work on solo projects and get 
out of my way.
</opinion>

> OTOH, the ugliness of pair programming is that ten people who don't know the
> answer to a specific problem individually, also don't know it collectively. 

I disagree: collective knowledge is greater than the sum of individual 
knowledge, because a group can form new connections by sharing ideas 
that an individual simply does not do (or at least, not as quickly).
-- 
J. B. Rainsberger,
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