From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Message-ID: <34642135adceab68b9b77406ed08789e@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:42:21 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
In-Reply-To: <8b2aa58f3e8a4b5ff62cca0f851b17b0@quanstro.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [9fans] not understanding bugs.
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8e78f76a-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025

> 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