Another entry for my personal Devil's Dictionary:
heisenbug, n. A error in a software system that can only be observed in the absence of detailed logging and/or a debugger.
For what it's worth, there are situations where heisenbugs do exist, e.g., toString() implementations with side-effects that are called in logging statements and other such pathological silliness.
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Add a comment.2010-07-29
16:54:45Z [from @dshaw] It still expresses my "licensing" sentiment for much of the code I inflict on the OSS community, but I'm not a legal wonk.
16:51:45Z [from @dshaw] I know and that's the reason I wouldn't do that, even with hack and slash github posts.
16:28:55Z @dshaw The "no evil" license is evil in that it gives people who take licenses seriously fits; there are permathreads about it.
00:59:34Z [from @patrickdlogan] - exactly!
00:53:10Z @patrickdlogan "But my insurance rates will go up!" "Your insurance rates SHOULD go up."
2010-07-28
21:25:19Z @cbeust I follow the argument about Scala's ,Option, but you didn't discuss Haskell's Maybe. In particular, Maybe works, I think.
19:47:54Z Eyeballing the syntax/style, seems like Mirah = Gruby.
17:40:25Z Current status. yfrog.com/10jykdj
05:59:53Z Lots of cool features coming with Jackson 1.6; snapshots are up for anyone who wants to ride the edge — bit.ly/bAUui0
2010-07-27
23:49:25Z [from @dandiep] RT @paulrbrown: @dandiep You mean something like JAX-RS ExceptionMapper (bit.ly/c9SKiZ) or...?
23:49:19Z [from @dandiep] aha that's exactly it - thank you!
23:48:41Z @dandiep You mean something like JAX-RS ExceptionMapper (bit.ly/c9SKiZ) or...?
23:25:14Z New Mac Pro dodecabox is surprisingly not that much faster than my octabox by the benchmarks, but dodecabox does have a ring to it...
19:25:07Z I don't understand the use of stock photos on small software company websites when it's obvious those people don't work there.
2010-07-26
22:21:56Z [from @tweepml] 110 users followed you on Twitter recently using TweepML: tweepml.org/u/paulrbrown
2010-07-22
17:37:39Z Is it just me, or are alternative JVM languages looking like next year's NoSQL?
00:37:53Z [from @osi] i think i've encountered that desk!
2010-07-21
23:50:59Z [from @nkaiser] That is exactly what they were hoping for!
23:49:41Z I don't speak Swedish, but I'm pretty sure this Ikea desk's name means "HA HA HA HA You should have put the legs on first!"
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