From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 10 Apr 92 17:38:34 GMT From: pattis@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis) Subject: Reference for Simple Bug Message-ID: <1992Apr10.173834.15328@beaver.cs.washington.edu> List-Id: I recall reading something recently about a one line code patch that was not tested, but instead put into immediate service (the phone company?) and caused a disaster. The patch just set the value of an identifier, but the name was mistyped (something like Rl instead of R1). I cannot remember the source, but would like to cite it. Can anyone tell me the particulars of this case, and supply a published reference? Rich -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard E. Pattis "Programming languages are like Department of Computer Science pizzas - they come in only "too" and Engineering sizes: too big and too small."