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Re:Ask HN: How to explain to a non-tech that bug fixing gets... by rmATinnovafy on Sunday May 13, 2012 @05:12PM (#3968343)
Bugs are not mistakes. They are flaws. Two different things.

If you were fixing cars, then you could call a mistake if you put the wrong oil in the engine. That you would need to cover.

But if you changed the oil, and the oil turned out to be "bad" ( for a lack of a better term ), then the oil had bugs in it. It was flawed.

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