From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,de5dfd6df880dd3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin Condic Subject: Re: Bugs or Mistakes? Date: 1999/11/17 Message-ID: <3832E75B.2B6E7E1E@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 549781500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <19991112202656.2368.rocketmail@web216.mail.yahoo.com> <80i9la$i9e$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: condicma@pwflcom Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Richard D Riehle wrote: > In my experience, the word "bug" is often used as a euphemism > to deemphasize personal responsibility for a set of mistakes. > Many programmers do not take a "bug" as seriously as we might hope. But even the word "mistake" implies a lack of personal responsibility. How many times have we heard a press secretary from some government agency or politician's office announce to the press "Mistakes Were Made" when the reality is "so-and-so committed a crime punishable by law". Perhaps "design defects" is a more accurate description of what we commonly call "bugs" MDC -- Marin David Condic, Word Scientist. If you hurry you can, for a short time only, still find me at: Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.*** Visit my web page at: http://www.mcondic.com/