On 17 Jul 2006, at 05:27, Chris wrote:
[snip]
> On making mistakes: I find private mistakes are always easier to
> confront than public mistakes.
>
> This suggests to me that pair-programming will suppress some
> innovation as the activity is necessarily 'public' and risk-taking
> (for example, playing with design and algorithm alternatives) will be
> constrained.

I've found the opposite to be true. You have more than one person
coming up with ideas :-)

Adrian