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Quote #435 Note That The Manuals Are Out Of Date!
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Note that the manuals are out of date!
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[From the freeWAIS-sf documentation, but probably applies to every
nontrivial software package in existence]
Related:
If it does exist, it's out of date. Arnold's Second Law of Documentatio
I didn't get the documentation for the manuals!
oftware rot n. Term used to describe the tendency of software that has not been used in a while to lose
uch failure may be semi-humorously ascribed to bit rot....
Berkeley Quality Software adj. (often abbreviated `BQS') Term used in a pejorative sense to refer to software that was apparently created by rather spaced-out hackers late at night to solve some unique problem.
It usually has nonexistent, incomplete, or incorrect documentation, has been tested on at least two examples, and core dumps when anyone else attempts to use it....
1) If it should exist, it doesn't. (2) If it does exist, it's out of date.
(3) Only documentation for useless programs transcends the first two laws....
Arnold's Laws of Documentation: (1) If it should exist, it doesn't.
(2) If it does exist, it's out of date. (3) Only documentation for useless programs transcends the first two laws....