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There is a difference between a program with a specification/documentation outlining what it should do, and one that doesn't have a spec.

AFAIK, hello.c doesn't have a spec, so the code is the spec. If I am using it, I have to read the code to know what it does.



So if I don't write a spec, I have no bugs. Got it.


Where did I say that?

I said if a software doesn't have a spec, the code IS the spec.

If I hand out a sheet of paper saying "the program returns X", but running it returns Y instead, the program is buggy.

If I hand out a piece of code which says "return X", and someone runs it expecting it to return Y, thats not the codes problem.


This Porsche has a design flaw: I can only go 22,500 kilometers before I have to replace the tires.

This VW bus has a design flaw: I can't pull more than 1G on the race track.


Speak for yourself on the bus...




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