From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Bugs or Mistakes?
Date: 1999/11/14
Date: 1999-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80lf3u$k5j$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 382DBE57.97B04F1E@callnetuk.com
In article <382DBE57.97B04F1E@callnetuk.com>,
Nick Roberts <nickroberts@callnetuk.com> wrote:
> The story of the origin of the term 'bug' (the one that I
> heard, anyway), was back in the dark old days
<<rest of bogus piece of urban legend snipped>>
See my quote from the OED, bug is an old term that preceded
computer programming, and was simply adopted by early
programmers. Yes, we have all heard the story you quoted.
Treat it as a lesson not to believe everything you hear!
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-12 0:00 Bugs or Mistakes? MaryAnn Atkinson
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 ` Nick Roberts
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-13 0:00 ` M.
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-20 0:00 ` Michael Stark
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