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Code has to be 100% correct or else it’s considered a bug (assuming it’s syntactically valid). Code that is 98% correct is actually much worse than no code at
by burlesona 4y ago
Code has to be 100% correct or else it’s considered a bug (assuming it’s syntactically valid).
Code that is 98% correct is actually much worse than no code at all. That’s the kind of code that will introduce subtle, systemic faults, and years later result in catastrophic failure when the company realizes they’ve been calculating millions of payments without sales tax, or a clever hacker discovers they can get escalated permissions by passing a well-crafted request etc.
- ElijahLynn 4y agoIf the 98% correct code works, and provides value then it is better than no code at all, yah?
- dylan604 4y agoWon't fix. Working as expected. <ticket closed> That wouldn't be a meme if it was something that doesn't happen
- omgwtfbyobbq 4y agoThere's also unintended behavior in more subtle ways. Ideally stuff can be formally verified, but that's not practical for most things.