----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tomcat User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: Reloading JSP is a bug? [humor]
> On 12/23/2000 at 2:29 AM Andreas Sheriff wrote:
> > To complete the pedantic discussion, the difference between a bug and
> a feature is that a bug is unintended.
>
> Oh, come-on, completing a pendantic discussion is clearly an oxymoron.
>
> Given the usual lack of architectural documentation, what was intended
> is anyone's guess. And, even then, some of the world's best features
> have been unintended (at least by us mere mortals) ;-).
>
> So the pendantic slice and dice quickly degrades to feature, unintended
> feature, intended but undocumented feature, and if all else fails, and
> the behaviour is clearly objectionable to any reasonable observer, and
> even cannot be spun by a marketing rep with a straight face, then it
> may actually be (ahemm) a bug.
Good point. :)
And the sad thing is, I know exactly what you're talking about.
>
>
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