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28 Jul 2024 10:29:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A programmer's etymology  
From: Francois Labreque
Date: 23 Jul 2014 08:55:40
Message: <53cfb0cc@news.povray.org>

> How well do you know your bugs?
>
> bohrbug: a good, solid, bug.  named for the Bohr model of atomic structure.
> bohrbugs do not change their behavior and are relatively easily detected.
>
> hindenbug: a bug with catastrophic behavior.
>
> heisenbug: a software bug that seems to disappear when one attempts to study it.
>

> programmer notices that the code should never have worked in the first place.
>
> mandelbug: a bug whose causes are so complex as to defy remediation, or one
> which demonstrates seemingly chaotic or even non-deterministic behavior.
>
>
> I hope you find these as amusing as I did.
>
> Regards,
> A.D.B.
>
I might steal a few of those.

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