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Why Buggy Software Gets Shipped
astonishedelf writes to mention an article in the Guardian about the hard reality of why buggy code is sold on retail shelves. From the article: "The world's six billion people can be divided into two groups: group one, who know why every good software company ships products with known bugs; and group two, who don't. Those in group 1 tend to forget what life was like before our youthful optimism was spoiled by reality. Sometimes we encounter a person in group two, a new hire on the team or a customer, who is shocked that any software company would ship a product before every last bug is fixed. Every time Microsoft releases a version of Windows, stories are written about how the open bug count is a five-digit number. People in group two find that interesting. But if you are a software developer, you need to get into group one, where I am."
I propose we call a meeting with Groups 3-12 and 15-20 and see if we can get some kind of real analysis of what Groups 1 and 2 are really thinking.
..why buggy $oftware is $hipped. Can anyone help me with thi$?
> If you are in group two, than I post this for you.
> Theoretically, there is no language that is more or less prone to bugs than any > other language as understood in Turing Completeness. Without delving too much
> into this, it simply states that all languages emulate a Turing machine to some
> degree and therefore should be capable of everything a Turing machine is capable
> of (although I don't think this says anything about time/space efficiency).
If you understood Turing Completeness you'd be in group one.
compiler error: $DIETY does not exist (except in weight-loss applications). Please use $DEITY.
Type in a sentence you're thinking about. Highlight part of it and bold it. Highlight a different part and hit escape seven times.
ON, I did that. Where's my damn easter egg?
You bastard! When I typed this, my PC froze! But since it's also a server, it rebooted itself, mailed a Nigerian scammer my home address, started a DDOS on the local authorities and blew itself up, taking half of the data center along with it. When I came home, the Nigerian scammer had raped the dog and the cable guy from the ADSL company who had showed up at my house. When I told my wife, she replied that she didn't care since the left me this morning and took the house along.
So thanks to your FUCKING easter egg, I am divorced, broken, homeless and worst of all, WITHOUT AN INTERNET CONNECTION.
Thanks for nothing.
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According to TFA, in their software shop failure isn't an option there either.
It's standard equipment.
Buh dum ching!
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
Think of it this way:
At least that Nigerian scammer doesn't have your address anymore...
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Sigh... If only. Modding would be so much more fun.
Hang on...I'm just trying to spot the difference between them and about half the programmers I've ever worked with...
And yet you can't work a 'preview' button? :)