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Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by singron on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:10AM (#42950567)
I'm immediately reminded of Apple's "goto fail" bug, which was in part overlooked because of poor formatting and/or style: https://dwheeler.com/essays/apple-goto-fail.html
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Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by throwaway2037 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:58AM (#42959506)
But not poor testing?
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Re:Software development topics I've changed my mind on after... by dsego on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:56AM (#42960814)
I feel like this is a failure of language and syntax that allows formatting to be deceiving.
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