Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input

Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by inDigiNeous on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @05:48PM (#9894296)

Bitrot means degradation of physical media containing digital data, not really anyting to do with bugs appearing in code that is introduced into a new environment.

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Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by DougBTX on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @07:01PM (#9894545)

> The Jargon File, a compendium of hacker's lore, defines "bit rot" as a jocular explanation for the degradation of a software program over time even if "nothing has changed"; the idea being this is almost as if the bits that make up the program were subject to radioactive decay.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_rot

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Re:Vim's 400 line function to wait for keyboard input by tokenrove on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @06:52PM (#9894512)

It has been used almost interchangably with code rot in this sense for a long time: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bit-rot.html

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