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		jvanderbot on Oct 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Code Glitch May Have Caused Errors in More Than ... 100% of programs have bugs.

ken on Oct 13, 2019 [–]

Most programs don't have significant bugs that affect the entire purpose of the program.

You wouldn't accept a chess program that didn't know how bishops moved, or which only worked when you played a specific opening, but these classes of bug are not uncommon here.

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