If they won't, I will. Working code (in a good language) is the best way to work on the problem, far better than a whiteboard where you have no undo, no VCS tagging, no ability to come up with reusable components... . Trying to do it all in your head would be even worse.
Of course it's possible to push code around on the page until it seems to work, just as it's possible to push symbols around the page until it seems to work when answering a mathematical question on paper. (Unfortunately some languages/compilers will run code that doesn't make any sense, but that's more true on paper, not less)
Of course it's possible to push code around on the page until it seems to work, just as it's possible to push symbols around the page until it seems to work when answering a mathematical question on paper. (Unfortunately some languages/compilers will run code that doesn't make any sense, but that's more true on paper, not less)