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On 05/15/2018 11:32 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> Surely, bad management is possible with any programming style! And following
> some programming technique slavishly without understanding why is clearly
> the mark of bad management.

Yes, and the technique they followed slavishly included "shut up and start 
coding". And it was named Agile.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"My dear Mrs. Hemoglobin, when I first saw you, I
was so enamored with your beauty I ran to the basket,
jumped in, went down to the city, and bought myself a
wedding outfit."
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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