| ??? 02/29/12 10:38 Read: times |
#186274 - The famous (and deadly) example: Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
Who has more - naah, let's not limit it to chips, go ahead tell us about the good ideas you or someone else had that backfired. Setting a flag by incrementing a byte variable. It's nice and short (using an INC instruction instead of having to load a bitmask and using an OR instruction) and works as intended in 255 out of 256 cases. (Simple bonus question: Name the (infamous) device that contained this bug.) |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| "elegant" solutions that backfired | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| If the road to Hell ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It sounds like ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
re shortcuts | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| "The Price of Tools" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The famous (and deadly) example: | 01/01/70 00:00 |