Timeline for What verb describes the action of bringing an error into being?
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| Dec 2, 2015 at 19:48 | comment | added | Greg Lee | When an error "happens" to stop a hardware peripheral from working, like for instance a paper jam in a printer, the device may send a signal that it has a problem. It could make a red light turn on, meaning "I need help from a human!" That's what I associate with the language "raise an error". That's not a mistake -- these things happen. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 19:42 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Keep in mind that "commit" has a specific meaning in computer science. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 19:37 | comment | added | user9 | Basically I agree with WS2. However I have a comment concerning the word "error". I think an "error" is something that happens, whereas a "mistake" is something that is committed by somebody. So "make a mistake" is correct, but "commit a mistake" is more lofty style, which I would prefer. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 19:00 | history | answered | WS2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |