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> or need to be looked at with the problem in mind. The article addresses how hard some of the bugs were (they were not hard), but additionally, sometimes (oft
by bch 12y ago
> or need to be looked at with the problem in mind.
The article addresses how hard some of the bugs were (they were not hard), but additionally, sometimes (often?) code needs to be looked at without the problem in mind -- who hasn't written code (or a paper, or comment on HN) and proofed it immediately, committed it, and realized it has an error that your mind elided over because you were so sure "what you meant" was there that you glossed over a dumb error. Having a different mind review these things avoids that problem.
Edit: I glossed over this -- I was also referring to proofing your work much later, so it's not still fresh in your mind "as you think it is". So, bring a "different mind" to the table.
s/completely different mind/different mind/