Subj : Re: extreme programming (thoughts)
To   : comp.programming
From : Chris Sonnack
Date : Mon Jul 25 2005 07:05 pm

Anton Treuenfels writes:

> Gilbert & Sullivan. Rodgers & Hammerstein. In general, live theater
> and motion picture making are intensely collaborative arts.

Part of the reason for that is that these arts have many parallel
tasks.  Film making, in particular, requires a large crew of folks,
and a fraction of them are contributing artists in their own right
(cinematographer, sound editors, special effects designers, etc.).

With regard to G&S and R&H, didn't they split the lyrics and music?
One did one, the other did the other?

A parallel in programming would be, say, a game, where one artist
designs the graphics, another the game engine.

Most of the great works--art or programming--are the vision of a
single person, I think.  Fred Brooks (MYTHICAL MAN MONTH) even speaks
of the "Chief Surgeon" concept.

One mind driving the vision.

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