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Some of the stuff /she/ talks about seem to be "how a badly written program might behave." This is utterly uninteresting. Q: "What does this buggy program prin
by kabdib 15y ago
Some of the stuff /she/ talks about seem to be "how a badly written program might behave." This is utterly uninteresting.
Q: "What does this buggy program print."
A: (hits first person with a stick)
"Right!"
- rntz 15y agoMost code is buggy. Usually its author isn't nearby, and even if they are, hitting them rarely helps. Knowing the symptoms of buggy code, however, will help you debug it.
- nitrogen 15y agoTo a compiler, a well-written program with a typo (e.g. a missing ampersand (&& -> &)) can look very similar to a badly-written program.