From: MaryAnn Atkinson <maryann_30@yahoo.com>
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: Bugs or Mistakes?
Date: 1999/11/12
Date: 1999-11-12T20:27:09+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19991112202656.2368.rocketmail@web216.mail.yahoo.com> (raw)
Richard D Riehle wrote:
> What we call a "bug" is actually a mistake. Someone tried to do
> something and made a mistake. The mistake results in a defect.
> The defect is a potential run-time fault. Managers need to take
> the responsibility for elminating the word "bug" from the
> vocabulary of their software personnel.
Why so harsh words? You are talking about a "bug" like its
a dirty word, or like we are somehow not allowed to make them...
Bugs are mistakes ONLY if they are not found and corrected!
MAA
P.S. Besides, you can't easily make a verb out of "mistake", you know?
What, am I going to be "demistaking" my code now?
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-12 0:00 MaryAnn Atkinson [this message]
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Bugs or Mistakes? Richard D Riehle
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-20 0:00 ` Michael Stark
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-13 0:00 ` M.
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