Adrian Try wrote:
Hi Kirill
There is a difference between bug (which is deviation from spec) and
feature (where product behaves by specification). As has been
repeatedly noted, Excel's behavior is feature because it is in
specification. Whether you like specification or not, you can not call
it bug.
You're quite right. I was the one who first used the word "bug", and
that was before I realised it was an Excel specification.
To be absolutely accurate, though, it is a bug. A bug in Lotus 123 or
Visicalc or wherever it came from, not in Excel. Whoever it was who
made the initial error didn't do it on purpose. (There's probably some
interesting history there.)
I still would not call it a bug. I would call it stupid and a slew of
less friendly terms, but not a bug :-)
They produce incorrect values on purpose.
--
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