Patterns of Bugs

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:44:10 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:

> "Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message
> news:ig7n8o$1t3u$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Max Samukha wrote:
>>> On 01/06/2011 09:38 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2011/01/patterns_of_bug.html
>>>>
>>>> (dedicated to bearophile!)
>>>>
>>>> Anyone want to post it on reddit?
>>>
>>> Good points. However, computer hardware analogies are a bit outdated.  
>>> For
>>> example, USB is prevalent nowadays. You connect a USB keyboard, mouse  
>>> or
>>> whatever to a slot, which is closest to you and forget about it.
>>
>> Yes, USB is a big improvement. So is SATA.
>>
>
> IDE's been keyed for a long time too. Wasn't originally, but has been  
> for a
> long time now.

SATA is better not because of the keyed nature of it.  How many times I  
have tried to twist around my IDE cables so they would be the right way to  
plug into two components!

That small cable makes a world of difference.  Same thing with HDMI --  
instead of 3-5 clunky cables that hopefully are color coded correctly, you  
get one cable transmitting all data.

-Steve