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What's my point? What we're doing here, all this talk about constant
improvement and how to do it better - that _is_ the methodology.
Expanding our experiences and knowledge. Sharpening the saw. I'm
having a blast. Thanks for being along for the ride.
g a blast. Thanks for being along for the ride.
made me think of a quote from John Barth in
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs:
Metalinguistic Abstraction
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the rest--but the magic words in one story aren't magical in the
next. The real magic is to understand which words work, and when,
and for what; the trick is to learn the trick.
couple-dozen squiggles we can draw with the pen. This is the key!
And the treasure, too, if we can only get our hands on it! It's
as if--as if the key to the treasure _is_ the treasure!
--John Barth, `Chimera'
Reading the journal and the Brian Marick essays makes me want to
get on some XP, or Agile maillists.
Marick mentions the testdrivendevelopment and agile-testing
Yahoogroups list(s).
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