Re:Defects are not the fault of programmers
by virgilp on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:40AM
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"working as expected" doesn't preclude defects. As expected by whom? There's always a range of expectations to consider... take the iPhone4 antenna, was it a bug or just people "holding it wrong"/ intentionally squeezing the phone to demonstrate signal loss?
Or, take programming languages - is the null pointer "working as expected", or is it a "billion dollar mistake"?
Or, take programming languages - is the null pointer "working as expected", or is it a "billion dollar mistake"?