Timeline for Is there any word for the opposite of a "bug" in programming?
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| Apr 20, 2015 at 23:06 | comment | added | ChrisV | I'm not sure how this corner of StackExchange works. I like "ladybird/ladybug" the best but am I supposed to pick as an answer the answer I like or the most "correct" answer? | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 11:46 | comment | added | BeNdErR | ... a surprise? | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 5:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/588218141727182848 | ||
| Apr 15, 2015 at 3:22 | comment | added | Keith | unsupported feature | |
| Apr 14, 2015 at 20:35 | comment | added | Joe Farrell | A professor I had in college would refer to this as a "fortunate combination of errors." Not very succinct, perhaps, but a nice little phrase. | |
| Apr 14, 2015 at 5:04 | answer | added | Scott - Слава Україні | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 13, 2015 at 13:09 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Apr 13, 2015 at 0:35 | comment | added | Robert Munn | There was an entry in Jargon Watch in Wired Magazine years ago that describes this situation : JOOTT - just one of those things. It is defined as an unexplained problem that resolves itself over time. | |
| Apr 12, 2015 at 23:17 | answer | added | Lynn | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 12, 2015 at 22:53 | answer | added | Brandin | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 12, 2015 at 4:50 | comment | added | user72323 | undocumented feature. | |
| Apr 11, 2015 at 20:32 | comment | added | Mazura | Anyone didn't do it, Nobody did. | |
| S Apr 11, 2015 at 15:47 | answer | added | FranMowinckel | timeline score: 3 | |
| S Apr 11, 2015 at 15:47 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Apr 11, 2015 at 15:34 | answer | added | Nanne | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 11, 2015 at 15:27 | comment | added | dotancohen | If it's not a bug, then it's a feature. | |
| Apr 11, 2015 at 13:27 | answer | added | BlokeDownThePub | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 11, 2015 at 4:13 | answer | added | Jeffrey Hantin | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 19:34 | comment | added | Basic | I tend to describe this as getting a feature for free (no effort) but if you didn't intend for it to happen, it's still a bug. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 18:51 | comment | added | SáT | This is a really good question, and I'm not really satisfied with the current answers, as they fail to capture the actual feeling. Anyhow, I was instantly reminded of the magic switch story, which I feel compelled to share. Maybe 'magic'? As in: Due to inexplicable magic, the push notifications suddenly started working | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 17:03 | answer | added | Joshua | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 17:01 | comment | added | ermanen | Call it a flower. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 16:47 | answer | added | Alex Feinman | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 15:50 | comment | added | Lee Daniel Crocker | It's called a "bug". Just because it works, that doesn't make it correct. Unless you understand why, and can be more certain that it will work under other conditions, your code isn't done yet. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 15:48 | answer | added | Klandathu | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 14:16 | comment | added | User1000547 | @ssdecontrol usually we just call that a unicorn | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 13:06 | answer | added | cuddlyable3 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 12:34 | comment | added | shadowtalker | Something too rare and magical to have a name | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 11:15 | answer | added | Eynar Oxartum | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 9:34 | comment | added | Tom | I think you've asked two different questions: a word for the opposite of a bug, which would be something that works as expected; and surprise when work has already been done that you were unaware of. I guess you should split into two questions, or clarify to leave one. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 8:34 | comment | added | Mathijs Segers | Though feature is the first thta comes to mind, but wouldn't it be a simple "Fix" | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 7:50 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | The opposite of a bug should be a gub. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 7:43 | answer | added | AakashM | timeline score: 121 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 7:31 | answer | added | Prem | timeline score: 24 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 4:51 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 10, 2015 at 4:12 | answer | added | Mazura | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 2:39 | answer | added | WhatRoughBeast | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 2:16 | comment | added | ChrisV | If there isn't a word I was thinking about "butterfly". It keeps the insect motif and the idea is that the feature is presumed to be a cocooned grub still but suddenly bursts out flapping its wings. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:43 | comment | added | Elberich Schneider | Chris V, what about unbug? | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:34 | answer | added | Oleksii | timeline score: 88 | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:19 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Miracle. Psychotic imagining. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:14 | history | edited | anongoodnurse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:13 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | I thought you actually wanted an antonym to "insect"! Oh, and I'd call that "sheer dumb luck". | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:13 | comment | added | Doddy | A lucky or coincidental feature is what I usually call them. | |
| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:09 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 10, 2015 at 1:07 | history | asked | ChrisV | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
