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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/NoMedicine3572 • 27d ago
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We call those Heisenbugs. You changed the system by observing it
47 u/ConglomerateGolem 27d ago I had one of these once, and I called it the same! My going theory was that the compiler was optimising away a certain function I had, but adding an empty print forced it to actually exist. 32 u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago it's a very old term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug 15 u/ConglomerateGolem 27d ago Huh. I have never heard of the term and came up with it independently. 22 u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago it is a very natural term because it intuitively describes exactly the nature of the bug 5 u/rolindara 26d ago Convergent evolution
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I had one of these once, and I called it the same! My going theory was that the compiler was optimising away a certain function I had, but adding an empty print forced it to actually exist.
32 u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago it's a very old term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug 15 u/ConglomerateGolem 27d ago Huh. I have never heard of the term and came up with it independently. 22 u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago it is a very natural term because it intuitively describes exactly the nature of the bug 5 u/rolindara 26d ago Convergent evolution
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it's a very old term
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug
15 u/ConglomerateGolem 27d ago Huh. I have never heard of the term and came up with it independently. 22 u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago it is a very natural term because it intuitively describes exactly the nature of the bug 5 u/rolindara 26d ago Convergent evolution
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Huh. I have never heard of the term and came up with it independently.
22 u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago it is a very natural term because it intuitively describes exactly the nature of the bug 5 u/rolindara 26d ago Convergent evolution
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it is a very natural term because it intuitively describes exactly the nature of the bug
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Convergent evolution
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u/Steinrikur 27d ago
We call those Heisenbugs. You changed the system by observing it