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=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY 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: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: Bugs or Mistakes? Date: 1999/11/13 Message-ID: <80jops$gpa$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 548103167 References: <19991112202656.2368.rocketmail@web216.mail.yahoo.com> <1999Nov12.201602.1@eisner> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x33.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Sat Nov 13 13:24:12 1999 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-11-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Note that bug is a very old word in engineering usage, long preceding the appearence of computers. The first quote in the OED is from Thomas Edison: b. A defect or fault in a machine, plan, or the like, orig. U.S. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar 1/1 "Mr. Edison, I was informed, had been up the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his phonograph--an expression for solving a difficulty, and implying that some imaginary insect has secreted itself inside and is causing all the trouble." Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.