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flango@lemmy.eco.br to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago

Since the objective of debugging is to catch bugs, why not call it frogging?

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Since the objective of debugging is to catch bugs, why not call it frogging?

flango@lemmy.eco.br to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago
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    What the fuck is frogging?

  • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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    “Frogging” sounds like some kind of sex act. Like the evolution of “dogging”

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    I find that rebugging is more my style.

  • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    Because frogging sounds like you’re out to catch frogs.

    Debugging, when it was coined, was a unique word with no predefined meaning. So it couldn’t be confused with anything else.

    The prefix “de” is commonly understood to be the act of removing something (I’m not a languager, you know what I mean). And “bug” was the term for an issue in hardware/software.

    So DE-BUG-ING is a nice unique word for the act of removing hardware/software bugs!

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      No, it was literally searching for bugs in relays or punch card readers.

      • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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        Ya, I said that. Hardware.

      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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        Which would be a hardware bug.

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    Ok but, like, have you actually seen a frog hunt? It’s a miracle they even survive a week in the wild. They’re cute but also incredibly stupid. Frogging would be the least efficient way to debug your code, I would imagine

    • fraksken@infosec.pub
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      So, I mean … Compared to how most people do debugging … Maybe it’s not a bad metaphor.

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    Swallows eat bugs too. We could call it “swallowing.”

    You could even have African swallowing, European swallowing, etc.

    Now, don’t get me started on coconuts.

    • fraksken@infosec.pub
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      Ok, swallowing definitely better than spidering.

    • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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      Are you suggesting coconuts are migratory?

  • Mr. w00t@lemmy.ml
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    15 hours ago

    Why not call the process of coding - enbugging?..

    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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      A noble prompt enbuggens the vibest code

    • gezero@sopuli.xyz
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      From now on I’m not coding, I’m bugging

    • kingofras@lemmy.world
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      suit yourself, I’m going forget to close the bin on a hot mucky summer night

      • DrunkenPirate@feddit.org
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        That’s vibe coding bugging

  • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafe
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    Because then you have to release the cranes to catch frogs after they’re done and cranes are assholes

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    IIRC didn’t the term debugging come from back when computers used vacuum tubes, and there was an issue where a technician removed a moth to fix the issue, thus “debugging” the system?

    Maybe it’s not a true story, but I believe that’s the origin.

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
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      That log entry was very obviously a pun on the already existing term “bug” for glitches.

    • ShimitarA
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      I believe it is a true story…

      • felixwhynot@lemmy.world
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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging?wprov=sfti1

        Enjoy the rabbit hole!

  • arctanthrope@lemmy.world
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    frogging is also the term for unraveling a knit garment to correct a mistake

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      Ribbit. Ribbit all out

  • DougPiranha42@lemmy.world
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    Ok, makes sense. I’m a convert. Frogging it is.

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