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"The buggiest code is that which has had the most bugs fixed." or "Buggy code is buggy." (That is, having had bugs fixed is an indicator that the code is eit
by colanderman 13y ago
"The buggiest code is that which has had the most bugs fixed."
or
"Buggy code is buggy."
(That is, having had bugs fixed is an indicator that the code is either complex or poorly written, and is likely to harbor further undiscovered (or newly introduced) bugs.)
- zxcdw 13y agoCould the first also imply towards that all code is buggy, absence of proof doesn't equal proof of absence. As in, if you don't find bugs yet, it doesn't mean they don't exist.
- colanderman 13y agoAu contraire – the evidence of absence of bugs is that the code works. (i.e., to some degree, programs find their own bugs simply by being used.) Code that has been humming along issue-free is likely either simple, or well-written, and harbors few, if any, bugs. Otherwise, they would have evinced themselves by now.
- blueblob 13y agoI believe openSSL has been humming along issue free for quite a while before a somewhat famous bug popped up for some anecdotal evidence at a refutation.