Re: XP and Pair Programming

I've tried it. I like it. The code was not particularly difficult.
However, it was developed quicker and with fewer defects because of the
pair.

Two people stay focused and tuned better than one. IMHO.

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<christian9997@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Question to the people who have used it:
>
> Does pair programming really work?
>
> The impression I get from it is that it could be useful in programming
> really tricky stuff but the amount of really tricky tasks on an average
> computer project is quite low. The rest of the time it would just seem
> to be wasting a brain.
>


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