Some people, when they have a problem with X say, "I know! I'll use Y..." Now they have two problems.

So somebody has a problem with X, decide they want to use Y, and have a second problem with that. The quote ends there, but obviously there might have been a direct solution to X or a solution Z that is better suited and/or easier to implement which they wouldn't have had a problem with, giving one problem to solve instead of two. Aside from the humorous aspect, the quote clearly implies one should consider solutions to X that are different from Y.

So how does that not describe an XY Problem? Is the "you didn't tell us about X" really such an important part of the concept?

In reply to Re^7: XY Problem by Anonymous Monk
in thread XY Problem by jdporter

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