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Posted Jul 20, 2012 3:27 UTC (Fri) by doogie (guest, #2445)
In reply to: This isn't new by nix
Parent article: Left by Rawhide

The only code that is bug free is that which is not yet written.

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Posted Jul 20, 2012 8:47 UTC (Fri) by liw (subscriber, #6379) [Link] (2 responses)

Code not yet written doesn't run, which is a bug. ;-)

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Posted Jul 20, 2012 9:24 UTC (Fri) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link] (1 responses)

Code not written has no users and thus by definition it is perfect.

That's the uncertainty principle applied to software: bugs not observed do not exist (yet)

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Posted Jul 20, 2012 12:41 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Not so. I currently suspect there is at least one bug in part of my code that has never run, but I am attacking it later, when other bugs are fixed so code flow can reach that bug and prove its existence. This bug is in an indeterminate state. :)