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Is It A Known (mis-)feature?
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Is it a known (mis-)feature?
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misbug /mis-buhg/ n. [MIT; rare (like its referent)] An unintended property of a program that turns out to be useful
something that should have been a bug but turns out to be a feature....
misbug: /mis-buhg/ [MIT] n. An unintended property of a program that turns out to be useful
omething that should have been a {bug} but turns out to be a {feature}....
miswart /mis-wort/ n. [from wart by analogy with misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing.
For example, in some versions of the EMACS text editor, the `transpose characters' command exchanges the character under the cursor with the one before it on the screen, except when the cursor is at the end of a line, in which case the two characters before the cursor are exchanged....
miswart: /mis-wort/ [from {wart} by analogy with {misbug}] n.
A {feature} that superficially appears to be a {wart} but has been determined to be the {Right Thing}....
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature.
They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. -- Thomas Jefferso...
Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. -- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
misfeature /mis-fee'chr/ or /mis'fee`chr/ n. [common] A feature that eventually causes lossage, possibly because it is not adequate for a new situation that has evolved.
Since it results from a deliberate and properly implemented feature, a misfeature is not a bug....
misfeature: /mis-fee'chr/ or /mis'fee`chr/ n. A feature that eventually causes lossage, possibly because it is not adequate for a new situation that has evolved.
Since it results from a deliberate and properly implemented feature, a misfeature is not a bug....
No, it's a feature... Really.