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I agree that correctness is usually most important but even that's relative because with the possible exception of some life critical software virtually all sof

by tgflynn 11y ago

I agree that correctness is usually most important but even that's relative because with the possible exception of some life critical software virtually all software has bugs and a certain bug density is essentially tolerated in the software industry.

greenyoda 11y ago
Yes, all software has bugs, but some bugs are much more serious than others. For example, if my tax software had a bug that made it install updates very slowly, I might tolerate it. But if it had a bug that caused the wrong numbers to be sent to the IRS, I wouldn't use it no matter how beautiful and fast the software was. Hopefully, when we make the decision to release software, the bugs we knowingly leave in the product will be merely annoying and not cause harm to the user.