Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.borland-delphi,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Oracle/Google demonstrate human beings cannot write 10 lines of code without making a mistake ;) Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:46:22 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1k2dr7527p5reqegfr8oln65q55bmvo4ar@4ax.com> References: <44ccr7tidpk4jta4lhg7m954vdr7abvnte@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="wKah3EH8kutwAOV6+9FiEQ"; logging-data="10045"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19id77klrFv2N3uPAhktyQnh1SGtDzeE/4=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Qfi0HgANSU5pgWjjU3rg1h6qLRs= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:21000 comp.lang.java.programmer:14625 On Fri, 18 May 2012 12:25:28 +0100, rossum wrote: >On Thu, 17 May 2012 15:09:23 +0200, "Skybuck Flying" > wrote: > >>It's a bit unlikely that two programmers make the exact same dumb mistake ! >>;) It happens so often that we have a name for it. It is called an off-by-one error or a fencepost error. OK, *two* names. >>So the funny part is, the bugs in it kinda prove that it was copied ! ;) >Common errors are often used as legal proof of copying. Many >encyclopaedias and directories include deliberate errors for just that >reason. Maps, too. I once got a bit lost before I realised that the road I was looking for did not exist. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko