Newbie question from a smalltalker

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This looks to be digressing into a debate over the merits of extreme
programming. I think there’s a middle ground here. Some people spend too
much time “designing” and some don’t spend enough. How much time you need
to spend obviously depends on your experience level and knowledge of the
programming language being used. This is probably why Dave never needs to
design. :wink:

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-----Original Message-----
From: Brett H. Williams [mailto:brett_williams@agilent.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:03 AM
To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Subject: Re: newbie question from a smalltalker

On Aug 7, Dave Thomas wrote:

Design? Where’s the productivity is design? You’re only
working when
you’re typing, so the more you do, the harder you’re working.

Yikes! Maybe you can define working harder as more typing,
but I don’t see
that as productivity!

Design leads to productivity because you don’t have to retype
things you
didn’t plan carefully.

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