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A caterpillar is not a bug. It is not institutionally recognizable as "bug" to me. A bug is a beetle or cockroach. I strongly suspect it's related to my first
by zyx321 7y ago
A caterpillar is not a bug. It is not institutionally recognizable as "bug" to me. A bug is a beetle or cockroach.
I strongly suspect it's related to my first language being German, which maps "bug" and "beetle" to the same word "Käfer".
- slavik81 7y agoI don't think it's just the language. Do an image search for "debugger icon" and you'll find it's all beetle-like creatures. Though, I'll always think of this classic: https://jr.co.il/humor/humor007.jpg https://jr.co.il/humor/humor007.jpg