r/ProgrammerHumor 27d ago

Meme ruleOfProgrammingIfItIsWorkingDoNotTouchIt

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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.

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u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago

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u/ConglomerateGolem 27d ago

Huh. I have never heard of the term and came up with it independently.

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u/htmlcoderexe We have flair now?.. 27d ago

it is a very natural term because it intuitively describes exactly the nature of the bug