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Shrug... so there's an 8 year old VBA bug? I'm sure there are old Windows/IOS/Android/MacOS/Ubuntu bugs that similarly have not been fixed. Here's a 6 year o

Shrug... so there's an 8 year old VBA bug? I'm sure there are old Windows/IOS/Android/MacOS/Ubuntu bugs that similarly have not been fixed. Here's a 6 year old IOS bug that affects my old videos that's still around, despite being reported when it first cropped up: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7226531 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7226531 Not sure why the article is HN newsworthy.... is the implication that because this is a "developer tooling" bug, it's somehow more important, or more likely to be fixed, than any other bug? IMHO, that's not a valid expectation.

magpi3 5y ago
I think it is more important because it is a broken IF statement in a language. If IF statements were broken in a popular open source language, I am sure it would be discussed thoroughly here and fixed ASAP.
aluminussoma 5y ago
The hideous workaround is why it is here. Super interesting to see someone else carve an unintuitive path forward against seemingly unmovable obstacles. Very much a hacker mentality.