tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post1585672084458092079..comments2024-02-07T00:23:34.835-07:00Comments on On Ruby: Is Brooks Wrong?gnupatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492341480170667775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-71525114311364044302007-05-14T17:12:00.000-07:002007-05-14T17:12:00.000-07:00Brooks' point was exactly that: there are some par...Brooks' point was exactly that: there are some parts of the process that can be parallelized and some that are inherently serial. Attempting to get pregnant, if you don't care who the parents are, can indeed by a parallel effort (clearly, as that's actually how it works). However, the pregnancy itself is inherently serial (today, at least). Assuming that the "project" is the creation of a child Toby DiPasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275795191015170220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-36635408528369505232007-05-14T15:57:00.000-07:002007-05-14T15:57:00.000-07:00seibel's whole post is moronic imo. if this brain...seibel's whole post is moronic imo. if this brain-fart were on my team, i would fire him on the spot for suggesting we hire dozens of couples when we could hire one pregnant woman and guarantee success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-69389891719046546342007-05-14T13:33:00.000-07:002007-05-14T13:33:00.000-07:00Anon: I realize that, I was trying to make the po...Anon: I realize that, I was trying to make the point that Seibel's counter to Brooks isn't really dead-on, and in fact is a good reason to sponsor multiple little projects instead of larger, monolithic projects.gnupatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492341480170667775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-30360527177538690902007-05-14T13:00:00.000-07:002007-05-14T13:00:00.000-07:00Fred Brooks was colorfully illustrating his point,...Fred Brooks was colorfully illustrating his point, not putting forth an argument. His point was: adding more manpower to a project makes it later. It was not: making software is like having a baby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com