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Completely true though. By the history of a definition of a (software) "bug", a bug really did creep up into the system unnoticeably. But the modern software we write isn't getting infested with bugs - it is infested with programmer's errors and he is fully responsible for them. He ought to do his best and use appropriate tools for the purpose.
At the time of writing this I remembered another quote of Dijkstra: "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in". Bugs are not creeping up to the codebase - we are putting them in.
At the time of writing this I remembered another quote of Dijkstra: "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in". Bugs are not creeping up to the codebase - we are putting them in.
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Medicalxpress
Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds
It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, ...
Science is the reverse process of discovering what people have believed for tens of thousands of years
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Did you know who the CEO of Twitter was before Musk and were/are you a Twitter user?
Anonymous Poll
25%
Yes; used Twitter
26%
No; used Twitter
17%
Yes; didn't use Twitter
29%
No; didn't use Twitter
2%
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