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What was the bug?

• jacquesm 6y ago
  Oh good question. Unary minus in combination with ABS. So - ABS 1 would not give you what you would expect, the precedence was wrong. Probably many more were found later but that one was detected in time for the manual and actually made it to the printer. It is interesting how our distribution model of software (ROM vs say apt-get or even SaaS) has changed our attitude to bugs. Back then a bug was something to feel bad about, now it is fixed in the next release in 20 minutes and nobody even feels anything about it. The only kinds of bugs that people feel bad about nowadays are the ones that lead to security issues.