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Everything about Bug compatibility
Programming term
Computer hardware or software is said to be bug compatible if it exactly replicates an undesirable feature of a previous version. The phrase is found in the Jargon File. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Bug compatibilityA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Eloquent JavascriptThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: In-Host Compatibility and In-Host Competition of Exotic and Native Parasitoids of the Tarnished Plant Bug (Heteroptera: Miridae)Cited 13 times
- Go sideways: High memory areaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Code page 850A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The compatibility between two systems down to the specific bugs exhibited by the implementations.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
In-Host Compatibility and In-Host Competition of Exotic and Native Parasitoids of the Tarnished Plant Bug (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Compatibility of Zineb, Dimethoate and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin Against Tarnished Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Reproductive compatibility among populations and host‐associated lineages of the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.)
📚 Books worth reading
Eloquent JavascriptMarijn Haverbeke · 2009
After the Software WarsKeith Curtis · 2009
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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