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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Subject: Re: please coin a term for a lower order bug
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:05:59 -0500
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On 1/10/2012 11:52 AM, Jim Janney wrote:
> Roedy Green<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>  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?

     That, we call "Progress."

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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid