Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : wee
Date : Mon Jul 25 2005 11:02 am


Phlip wrote:
> > Is the future of XP
> > non-human automation (i.e., humans create the idea, then set the
> > computer to generating the code)?
>
> That would seem to be the _past_ of programming in _general_. We no longer
> all write Assembly.

No, no. I meant that we would think up great ideas alone, then create a
program that would generate code, instead of generating code using pair
programming. If there is no real need to think heavily while coding in
pairs (trivial coding, in a sense), then why not write a program that
would do that part for you? Create tests off an idea, create the method
that would pass that test, etc. etc.

My point is, the world of XP that you painted just sounds a bit
anti-creative and anti-human; almost like an assembly-line, instead of
an Assembly programmer. ;-)

Personally, I'd rather be the Assembly programmer any day, even given
the pain it sometimes brought, because it also brought the beauty and
joy.

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