Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Janney Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: please coin a term for a lower order bug Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:52:06 -0700 Organization: reply hazy, try again Lines: 9 Message-ID: <2pboqbqz49.fsf@shell.xmission.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="PnllQd880uOddfy6hsxHuQ"; logging-data="11229"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19qKZxBSb17DYADhqkV0M0X" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PKpdLF3j4n5HH2ygCiT/EY+9fW4= sha1:lWNQ1gdey8YXTx1uhWEiB0yNTzA= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11182 Roedy Green writes: > What would you call a flaw in a program that had no effect on the > results, but needlessly made the program slower or confusing? What about one that makes it more confusing and needlessly faster? -- Jim Janney