Re:Extreme Pair Programming - Guy Steele and Richard Stallman
by ww520 on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @02:05AM
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Wow, a quick comment generated so many downvotes and spawned a meta mini-thread. Downvotes are perfectly fine as I'm no stranger to them. Would I change my comment style to please the hivemind? No, having different viewpoint however unpopular is important.
As for the bladder comment, yes, that's the first thing came to my mind when I read it. Guy Steele stressed strongly about they didn't take a break during the entire time of the 10 hours. I thought, not even a bathroom break? these guys must have strong bladders, or the story was embellished to make it superhuman interesting.
Note that I have enormous respect for both GS and RMS. Sure I could have said how awesome their hacking session was, but that's just being part of the echo chamber. I rather posted my honest reaction. You can read it as an admiration for their superhuman effort or as a questioning of the absurdity of a folklore.
As for the bladder comment, yes, that's the first thing came to my mind when I read it. Guy Steele stressed strongly about they didn't take a break during the entire time of the 10 hours. I thought, not even a bathroom break? these guys must have strong bladders, or the story was embellished to make it superhuman interesting.
Note that I have enormous respect for both GS and RMS. Sure I could have said how awesome their hacking session was, but that's just being part of the echo chamber. I rather posted my honest reaction. You can read it as an admiration for their superhuman effort or as a questioning of the absurdity of a folklore.