Re: History Of Debugging...
I did know of that anecdotal origin of that usage of the word "bug" with relation to computers, but I have never seen the original bug! :thumb:
However, the fact that the person who discovered the original bug was named Grace Hopper suspiciously sounded like an april fool to me. ;) But I looked up that name and obviously it's absolutely authentic. Setting up such an elaborate Wikipedia article just for a hoax would most certainly have been way too much effort. OTOH, if I'd have seen something like that in a fictional movie, I'd have sworn that something like that would never ever happen in real life... :D
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15:30 Vacuum tube #70 began smoking for no reason...
15:45 Bug Found
Re: History Of Debugging...
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Originally Posted by
Eri523
However, the fact that the person who disvovered the original bug was named
Grace Hopper suspiciously sounded like an april fool to me. ;) But I
looked up that name and obviously it's absolutely authentic. Setting up such an elaborate Wikipedia article just for a hoax would most certainly have been way too much effort. ...
If it is a hoax, someone should tell the US Navy - they named a guided-missile destroyer after her: http://www.hopper.navy.mil/ :D
She was also the first person to develop a compiler - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-0_programming_language
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actually, this only prooves that the concept of "a bug" meaning an error already existed prior to this occurrence.
why else would there be
"first actual case of a bug being found".
That only indicates that the terminology of "a bug" already existed and this was the first time it was really an actual live bug was found in an electronic computer.
wouldn't surprise me that "debugging" term originated in the time of the mechanical looms and where a bug in the threads could mess up the weaving.
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Originally Posted by
OReubens
actually, this only prooves that the concept of "a bug" meaning an error already existed prior to this occurrence.
The way I've always understood this is that the term 'bug' had been used to describe all sorts of faults in mechanical items for a long time, but when this moth was found it helped to popularise the use in regards to computer software.
I think there is a quote from Thomas Edison about a bug in a phonograph somewhere.
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This thread really bugs me.
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Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a computer program or a piece of electronic hardware, thus making it behave as expected. Debugging tends to be harder when various subsystems are tightly coupled, as changes in one may cause bugs to emerge in another. Many books have been written about debugging, as it involves numerous aspects, including interactive debugging,