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- ↑ Reviews of Pair Programming Illuminated:
- Ashbacher, Charles (November–December 2002), Journal of Object Technology (PDF), vol. 5 (1 ed.), pp. 179–180
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- ↑ Review of Extreme Programming Perspectives:
- Walker, David (December 2003), "Review", Software Quality Professional, 6 (1): 46–47
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