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From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
Subject: Re: Losing `expirable' marks in nnimap groups
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 16:14:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m34rfbe1ni.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vafofdjwbkb.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "Sun, 07 Jul 2002 22:03:00 +0200")

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
> Fascinating.  A Heisenbug is when the behavior is unpredictable.  So
> is a Schroederbug the case where the bug goes away if you look for it?

No, that's a Heisenbug (at least according to the Jargon File; maybe
common usage also includes generic unpredictability).  A Schroedinbug
is complementary: it starts manifesting itself after you find it.
<URL:http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/heisenbug.html>
<URL:http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/schroedinbug.html>


paul



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-07-07 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-05 14:14 Kai Großjohann
2002-07-05 14:47 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-07-06  3:08 ` Dan Christensen
2002-07-06 10:30   ` Simon Josefsson
2002-07-07 17:07     ` Dan Christensen
2002-07-07 19:34       ` Simon Josefsson
2002-07-07 20:03       ` Kai Großjohann
2002-07-07 20:08         ` Sean Neakums
2002-07-07 20:26           ` Joseph Barillari
2002-07-07 20:31             ` Sean Neakums
2002-07-07 20:14         ` Paul Jarc [this message]
2002-07-06 20:26 ` Wes Hardaker

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