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Metaphors for Software Development

by Kent Beck

You may remember a smut-filter-unfriendly Advisor I wrote awhile ago about the difficulties posed by, er..., reproduction as a metaphor for software development (" Sex Is What's Wrong with Software Development, 24 April 2002). My momma taught me never to complain unless I'm ready to propose an alternative, advice which I frequently ignore, but which brings me to the topic of this Advisor.

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Metaphors for Software Development 4 December 2002

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