is this a thing or is my professor crazy?

[text] 937 w56 E Outlook Debugging software with a rubber ducky About Talk to a Duck Rubber Duck Debugging The rubber duck debugging method is as follows 1. Beg borrow steal buy fabricate or otherwise obtain a rubber duck bathtub variety. 2. Place rubber duck on desk and inform it you are just going to go over some code with it if thats all right. 3. Explain to the duck what your code is supposed to do and then go into detalil and explain your code line by line. 4. At some point you will tell the duck what you are doing next and then realise that that is not in fact what you are actually doing. The duck will sit there serenely happy in the knowledge that it has helped you on your way. Note In a pinch a coworker might be able to substitute for the duck however it is often preferred to confide mistakes to the duck instead of your coworker. rubberduckdebugging.com