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> Fast but buggy code will lose to slower but correct code everytime. This is unfortunately not always true. It depends on what the consequences for incorrect
by atq2119 8y ago
> Fast but buggy code will lose to slower but correct code everytime.
This is unfortunately not always true.
It depends on what the consequences for incorrectness are. Outside of enterprise and the web, fast code can be an important selling point, and it may end up being prioritized over correctness, as long as the result is "correct enough".
I wish it weren't so.
- zaphar 8y agoSomething being correct enough is another way of saying "Most if not all of our users will never experience this." That's essentially saying that the code is not buggy. Now if your code is such that most of your users frequently experience incorrect behavior then I think you'll discover that you'll lose to a competitor.