Scott Olmsted wrote:
>> Dan currently works for VersionOne, creating agile development tools, and
>> has been practicing agile methods for 5 years. He is so passionate
>> about BDD
>> that he has written a song about it!
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJi1E730HA
> Wow, is this what XPSD meetings are like? Maybe I've been attending the
> wrong meeting.
An old friend of mine, a veteran of many programming campaigns, approached me
the other day seeking tips for using a library, and we discussed how our
careers
had progressed ever since we had parted ... company.
He told me a hushed secret; for a long time now he hadn't been able to kill any
bugs.
This worried me, because we all know bugs are a fact of programming life. Our
job is to write code, find bugs in it, make a list of them, and remove them one
by one.
When pressed on the matter he confessed the reason he hadn't been able to kill
any bugs was because he (and his project's QA team) could never /find/ any bugs.
I advised him to look harder, but of course his disclosure made me fear for his
sanity. He's either not writing hard programs, or he's delusional and debugging
without realizing it.
His project is the kernel of an object database; everyone knows such an
endeavor
requires many long nights and weekends debugging. I inquired, obliquely, about
his sleeping and recreational regimen, and he assured me that all his vacation
time was used up and that he worked only 7 hours a day.
Faced with someone clearly delusional of course I did not attempt to berate him
or confront him with the evidence of his disease. But I advised we meet to
discuss this at some future date, after he had the opportunity to have more (or
possibly less) vacation time.
When we met at the agreed upon location and time he arrived accompanied by the
San Diego rock band Sprung Monkey, who proceeded to play a cover of Harry
Nilsson's song [Put the Lime in the] Coconut, but with these lyrics:
[She Change Design in the] Database
Brother wrote a database, he finish it on time
His sister add requirements, she change the whole design
She change design in the database, she mix it all up
She change design in the database, she mix it all up
She change design in the database, she mix them all up
She put no bugs in that database; she called the doctor, woke him up,
And said, "Doctor, now there must be some mistake
I say, Doctor, but there ain't no bugs today,
I say, Doctor, thought the database would break,
I say, Doctor, when I set that design straight!"
"Now let me get this straight,
You change design in the database, you mix them all up
You change design in the database, you mix them all up
You change design in the database, you mix it all up
You put no bugs in the database, you called your doctor, woke him up,
"And say, 'Doctor, when I change my whole design,
I say, Doctor, and I finish it on time,
I say, Doctor, doctor, and they can't pin a bug on me,
I say, Doctor, dooooctor, how can programs be bug-free?'
"Change the design in the database, mix them both together,
Change the design in the database, refactor every letter,
Change the design in the database, mix things all up,
You put no bugs in the database, and iterate it better?"
Woo-uh woo-uh woo-uh woo-uh woo-uh
Brother wrote a database, he finish it on time
His sister add requirements, refactor every line
She change design in the database, she mix them all up
She change design in that database, she called the doctor, woke him up,
Sayin' "Doctor, now I got to pay my dues,
I say, Doctor, to debug away my blues,
I say, Doctor, such a big change has to break,
I say, Doctor! I must'a made a bug mistake!"
"You change the design in the database, mix things all up
You change the design in the database, mix it all up,
You change the design in the database, mix it all up,
Change the design in the database, you such a silly woman!,
Change the design in the database, and the bugs are gonna come,
Change the design in the database, everything will break,
Change the design in the database, can't debug what you ain't done,
change the design in the database, and call me in the mooorning"
"Woo Woo, all my tests defend my change, I say
Woo Woo, but this feeling is so strange,
You say woo woo ain't no bugs in my bug base, I say
Woo woo, lookin' for a big bug chase,
You say yah yah, ain't there nothin' I can do, I say
Waah waah, but my debuggin' days are through,
I say doctor!, there ain't nothin' I can't change,
I say doctor!, there ain't nothin' I can't change,
I say doctor!, there ain't nothin' I can't change,
I say Doctor!" "You such a silly woman!,
"Change the design in the database, gonna give them bugs a rest,
Change the design in the database, you need to test a little less,
Change the design in the database, refactor till it's best,
Change the design in the database, and call me in the moooooorning,
Yes, you call me in the morning,
If you call me in the morning, then... [X5]"
--
Phlip
http://www.zeroplayer.com/
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