"A big Excel boo boo" (very short)
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/a-big-excel-boo-boo/
and Joel on Software explaining the bug:
http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/26b.html
Why I like these articles
- students talk about what bugs matter (and the very different perspectives in the articles)
- students like to hear that binary is not just theoretical, it actually comes up in an application they use
- they discuss the difficulty and importance of testing
1 comment:
"In the enormity of the code, it is sometimes hard to find the little obscure bugs inside. Even the best code will always have problems with it." - Tucker Weinmann
"it takes what we have been learning in class about binary numbers and it applies it to a real life situation. It shows how a simple slip up in binary numbers can lead to a really big mess." - Elizabeth Janis
"I learned that software can include errors and I would be completely unaware - I would have trusted my version of Excel." - Jeremy Teetor
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