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: Eric Sosman Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: please coin a term for a lower order bug Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:08:40 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="HSlJAUb3pGXi3i7ZL/HoAw"; logging-data="29480"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197kfTl7fjauwvMmhYQD0OJ" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:NGU92iE6/VhHx+Rwq/TPzORamgo= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11224 On 1/11/2012 4:30 AM, Leif Roar Moldskred wrote: > Eric Sosman wrote: >> >> The fact that the program is being called slow and confusing >> demonstrates that it is neither "fast enough" nor "clear enough." > > Or it demonstrates that the commentator doesn't understand the scope > of the problem the program deals with. They've been snipped from your response, but I think my remarks about controlling expectations cover this case. Look for the paragraph beginning "Note that some bugs are addressed by means other than changing the code." Observe that this approach to managing context is not unique to software. It's a "bug" that some powerful medications come in the form of colorful pills that small children may mistake for candy. The response is not to alter the medicine's potency, but to inform adults that the product is NOT to be operated by children. -- Eric Sosman esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid