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> This is typically not that true when it comes to correctness. Most software does the correct thing in the eyes of the user, nearly 100% of the time. And when
by User23 4y ago
> This is typically not that true when it comes to correctness. Most software does the correct thing in the eyes of the user, nearly 100% of the time. And when it doesn't, the bug gets fixed and that edge case is corrected for every other user going forward.
You're confusing pleasantness with correctness. Pleasantness is the property of pleasing the user, or more often the software's owner. Correctness is the property of conforming to a specification. Since most software written has no specification, correctness is undefined. Evidently this works adequately well in the marketplace.
- rco8786 4y agoYea fair, but I think the point stands