Zero Defect Programming

[lmiller at ucla-cs.UUCP]

This is about working away from the terminal, and zero defect programming:
There was a fascinating paper 10 years ago by Seven, Boehm and Waton,
"The Lockout Effect" that compared time and quality of solution of a
mini programming exercise given to experienced programmers for various
amounts of time away from the terminal, from unlimited use to being
locked out for up to 1/2 hour after each job submission.  Those with
the longer longout times performed better.

The authors did not go into much discussion of the reasons for the
effect, but it is worth thinking about.