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This is a strange definition of 'buggy' to me. Surely it shouldn't depend on anything to do with the source code, otherwise closed-source programs are all 'neit

This is a strange definition of 'buggy' to me. Surely it shouldn't depend on anything to do with the source code, otherwise closed-source programs are all 'neither-buggy-nor-not-buggy' and that can't be the case...

User23 5y ago
Most software is incapable of being incorrect, because correct behavior isn’t defined! Hence the questions here about who’s to say what’s correct. When the typical programmer says a program is “buggy” it means “it didn’t do what I want.” That’s a pleasantness property, not a correctness one.
- myrrlyn 5y ago
  given that the sole purpose of software is to do what people want, "it didn't do what i want" is automatically incorrect behavior
  - monkpit 5y ago
    So that would mean as soon as your software has 2 users, it is broken because it doesn’t conform to their 2 (different) imaginary specs?
    - thfuran 5y ago
      Yes, unless you have a sufficiently complex and inscrutable EULA to point to as proof that at least one of the users was out of spec.
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