> Ok maybe bug is strong. > > Not that it is more than right as far as I am concerned. Sure > backward compatability has to be the foremost and utmost. > > But let me say this. Who is right the developer who said whe > only need to deliminate one one characater. Or the develepors > 12 years later saying we need it fixed to accomodate what we need? > > Bug or not, it seems more and more look and see it as a bug > or would it be safe to say an unwanted unrealistic expectation?
I don't know, and as a consultant who gets paid to fix others' code, I don't really even care that much. What I do care about, in this instance, is the usage of the word "bug". As a software developer, I have a strong interest in this word being defined as clearly and unambiguously as possible. I've had to deal with enough users in my time who would complain about this "bug" or that "bug", even though the application conformed exactly to the specification provided. If the term "bug" is watered down to mean simply "something that doesn't do what I want it to", specifications lose their value to the development process. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306911 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
