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Finding Bugs Is Easy

Posted by timothy on from the roll-the-log-over dept.

daveho writes "My advisor and I are working on a tool to automatically find bugs in Java programs. One of the interesting results of our work is that we've found hundreds of real bugs in production code using extremely simple techniques. We believe that automated tools, if used more widely, could prevent a lot of bugs from making it in to production systems."

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  1. Damn straight it's easy to find bugs... by JimDabell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...you can even order some over the internet!

    Okay low blow, but joking aside, what's newsworthy about this? Is there something that sets it apart from run-of-the-mill linters?