“Many people hate pair programming; this sounds even worse. Strangely though, it’s better. When there are three or more in a session[...]” N-tuple programming?

“Many people hate pair programming; this sounds even worse. Strangely though, it’s better. When there are three or more in a session[...]” N-tuple programming? I’ve read the productivity vs cost arguments for two engineers pairing, surely they must evaporate with greater numbers.