I don't know that I'd call that a bug, more of a deficiency. :-) 
-Nick 
"It's not a bug; it’s a randomly developed feature!"

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin
Groothuis
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:44 AM
To: Michael Barton
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: poofslay

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 02:31:46AM -0500, Michael Barton wrote:
> > codeing is. no code in this world is 100% bug proof. even you know
that.
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
>   printf("Hello, world!");
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> ...that's gonna be pretty hard to break.

There is a difference between bug-free and breaking.
Yes, this one is hard to break.
No, it's not bug-free: It doesn't check if the printf() was
successfull. Not that it minds in this example, but still :-)

> To have an error in your code is one thing... to justify a memory leak
> because your computer is fast is another matter, and I figure pretty
> flameworthy.

I agree :-)

Edwin

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