28 May
2023
28 May
'23
9:25 a.m.
On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
<cctalk(a)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