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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] not understanding bugs.
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:42:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <34642135adceab68b9b77406ed08789e@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8b2aa58f3e8a4b5ff62cca0f851b17b0@quanstro.net>

> something must be wrong with me.  i like fixing bugs.
> writing a big pile of code always seems daunting.

Fixing bugs presumes you understand the program very well, both what
it is meant to do and what it is actually doing.  That's no small
prerequisite.  Apply it to Open Source bloat and you'll soon know why
it is not fun.

++L




  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-29 17:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-29 17:36 erik quanstrom
2009-01-29 17:42 ` Roman V. Shaposhnik
2009-01-29 17:42 ` lucio [this message]
2009-01-29 17:42 ` Lluís Batlle
2009-01-29 22:51   ` jimmy brisson

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