Bugs

• What are bugs?
• My first computer professor was Yuri Gurevich (last seen at Microsoft Research), a Russian who used to code with wires. For him bugs were little insects that got into the wires.
• However, today there a vast range of things we call bugs.
• The simplest is something that makes the machine crash. (Crash is also ill defined.)
• Another example makes the program crash.
• There are a host of other things that could be considered bugs: slows the processsing, memory leaks, incorrect function, poor usability, compatability issues, and security problems.
• Has anyone seen a Microsoft office product crash?
• Has anyone seen a bug in a Microsoft office product?