On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM Alexander Schreiber via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Which is why among the more cynic^Wexperienced SREs (my line of work) > we sometimes use the term "Working As Implemented" when the code behaves > exactly as written (and ofteni as specified), but still does the wrong > thing because it (usually) was written with wrong assumptions. I generally say 'Broken as designed' meaning it does what the design says it should, but what the design specifies is stupid. I often say that about bits of the ISA bus and things designed for it, for example. -tony
