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 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e4b2dce209393666 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ray Blaak Subject: Re: Business Week (12/6/99 issue) article on Software Quality Date: 1999/12/09 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 558895182 Sender: blaak@vault83.infomatch.bc.ca References: <82hk54$cbc$1@nntp6.atl.mindspring.net> <82kv5j$k6p$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <384eabe7.13628242@news.netidea.com> <82mlvh$mb0$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> <82ochh$27p$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <82opns$7k2$1@nntp4.atl.mindspring.net> <384ffd52.888393602@newsnew.draper.com> <82p3vo$k8v$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> X-Trace: news.bctel.net 944810408 207.34.170.83 (Thu, 09 Dec 1999 23:20:08 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 23:20:08 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Complaints-To: news@bctel.net Date: 1999-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Richard D Riehle writes: > In my own programs, the "bugs" are mistakes I have made. You > may call it a bug. I still call it an error. [...] > > The real disappointment for me is that no one appreciated my reply to > the Business Week article. Also, I suspect that those non-software > people who read it, if it is published, will understand the point I am > making without being defensive about the terminology. Only the software > practitioners are likely to object. Interesting... Well, this software practitioner is not objecting. To me bugs are errors and are almost synonyms, the difference being that a bug is a particular kind of error, namely a programming error. So, I like to call them bugs, since I am a geek, but think of them as mistakes, since I like to take them seriously. It is a good thing to be reminded that bugs are our fault, not something that happens to us and our programs. Thanks. -- Cheers, The Rhythm is around me, The Rhythm has control. Ray Blaak The Rhythm is inside me, blaak@infomatch.com The Rhythm has my soul.