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More myths (Score:2, Interesting)

by Adrian (66)
Hmm... I've come across too many to mention. Particularly common ones include:
- "Pair programming doesn't work" said by people who have never tried it (I also believe there are people who actually cannot get along pair programming - but that's a different group from those who have never tried it :-)
- "YAGNI/Do the simplest thing will result in bloated inefficient code" - because they completely ignore the whole refactoring bit.
- "You cannot schedule a project properly" - because they didn't actually read
- Re:More myths (Score:1)
  
  by chromatic (983) on 2003.10.29 13:05 (#25287) Homepage Journal
  
  I like the "XP doesn't work because I don't think I'd like pair programming". Someone on the XP mailing list gave a nice analogy:
  
  This cake recipe makes awful cake! I ate the cup of flour it calls for and didn't care for it at all.
  
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