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What use are correct programs when the operating system is not?
What use are correct programs when the compilers are not?
What use are correct programs when the libraries are not?
What use are correct programs when people don't know how to use them correctly?
...
It is amazing, however, that most of the time things with computers do seem to work.
Except when they don't. Which is also most of the time.
But more annoying than any of the above is bad design, when things don't work because they go against what the user wants and expects.
I suppose the worst possible combination is bad design with lots of bugs. It reminds me of some operating systems.
Martin Escardo
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