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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by dogma1138 on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:12AM (#26466285)
> Precision when describing (programming does not allow ambiguity)

Really? Should we count how many bugs happen due to type conversion, precision errors, off by one etc?

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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by kuu on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:47AM (#26488726)
Well, I try my best to avoid bugs and be as precise as I can. But hey, I'm only human ;)
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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by elwell on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:32AM (#26466516)
You only reinforcing the point that programming does not allow ambiguity; thus: bugs.
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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by dogma1138 on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:25PM (#26469293)
No engineering discipline allows for “ambiguity” at least how you use it here, try building a train or a spacecraft with that level of ambiguity at that point the bugs tend to make things go boom.
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