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I don't disagree but a philosophy that I find practical says that a bug that exists in software and is never encountered in actual use counts as a non-bug. Of
by tempodox 4y ago
I don't disagree but a philosophy that I find practical says that a bug that exists in software and is never encountered in actual use counts as a non-bug. Of course it would be nicer if the bug-in-software didn't exist, but what really counts are actual use cases.
- MereInterest 4y agoBy that reasoning, the software that ran the Therac-25 wasn't buggy when used for earlier models. Those earlier models had hardware interlocks, so the incorrect requests made by software didn't have the same fatal consequences as it did for the Therac-25.
- tempodox 4y agoIndeed, it doesn't account for changing conditions in the software's environment. Doing everything within reason to avoid bugs in the first place is clearly preferable.
- quickthrower2 4y agoTrue. Not all encountered bugs are reported and not all reported bugs are even bugs!