From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: "Bugs" (Was: Anyone could give a complete and yet small program on the use for the generic
Date: 1997/01/08
Date: 1997-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1997Jan8.162324.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.GSO.3.95.970108102313.20557C-100000@nunic.nu.edu
In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.970108102313.20557C-100000@nunic.nu.edu>, Richard Riehle <rriehle@nunic.nu.edu> writes:
> A programming mistake results in a software defect. The defect is the
> cause of a run-time fault. It is encouraging to see the relatively
> recent metric, "defect density" in wider use. Now we simply need to
> attribute those defects to mistakes instead of to "bugs."
So what is wrong with the term "defect" ?
It is trivial to determine at the initial report that at least one
defect is present. It may be a line of code, it may be running
the software in the wrong rocket, it may be in the design of the
user interface, it may be in the user training, but there is
at least one (and typically more) defect(s) to be sorted out.
Larry Kilgallen
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-01-02 0:00 Anyone could give a complete and yet small program on the use for the generic Hung-Hsien Chang
1997-01-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-01-03 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-01-04 0:00 ` Rich Maggio
1997-01-08 0:00 ` "Bugs" (Was: " Richard Riehle
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-01-27 0:00 ` "Bugs" Richard Riehle
[not found] ` <Pine.GSO.3.95.970114142048.28412A-100000@nunic.nu.e>
1997-01-29 0:00 ` "Bugs" Jim Hopper
1997-01-29 0:00 ` "Bugs" Arthur Evans Jr
1997-01-29 0:00 ` "Bugs" Mike Ryer
1997-01-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1997-01-10 0:00 ` "Bugs" (Was: Anyone could give a complete and yet small program on the use for the generic Robert I. Eachus
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