Wabewalker (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wabewalker) wrote,@ 2005-09-15 07:49:00 |
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I was annoyed with much extremeness
I’ve just figured out why extreme programming annoys me so: it’s the objectivism of the software engineering world.
Objectivism is a reaction to communism: since communism is inherently “evil,” any philosophy diametrically opposite communism must be inherently “good.” Extreme programming arises from a similar rationale: since formal methods inhibit programmer creativity and thus limit programmer performance, any system that rejects a structured approach to development must encourage creativity and production.
Extremism in the defense of a virtue may be no vice, but it is in itself never virtuous.
