Collecting favorite bug stories

levin at CS.UCLA.EDU levin at CS.UCLA.EDU
Sat Jan 10 18:34:15 AEST 1987


I am collecting anecdotes of experiences, (real or imagined) 
for a book to be titled:

    MY FAVORITE BUGS: Humourous, and Horrible Experiences in Software
                      Engineering.

As one might tell from the title, the book will be filled with wonderful
tales that programmers tell each other, over a few too many beers,
after a long day at the keyboard.

The book is meant to be read for entertainment, as well as for education. 
In that light, I am asking that contributions include (when possible),
a short description of the bug, some comments on why it was special,
how the solution was found, and maybe (for the appendix of the book)
a few lines of code.

You don't need to write anything long; a page should do it.  All
contributors are thanked in advance, and will be credited in the book
for their contributions.

Soon in a bookstore near you...
(apologies if you see this message on ten different newsgroups)

Stuart LeVine



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