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.
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!
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
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w00t@lemmy.ml · 42 pts · 61d
Why not call the process of coding - enbugging?..
gezero@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 61d
From now on I'm not coding, I'm bugging
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 61d
A noble prompt enbuggens the vibest code
kingofras@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 61d
suit yourself, I’m going forget to close the bin on a hot mucky summer night
DrunkenPirate@feddit.org · 5 pts · 61d
That’s vibe
codingbuggingrockerface@lemmy.cafe · 26 pts · 61d
Because then you have to release the cranes to catch frogs after they're done and cranes are assholes
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 61d
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.
popekingjoe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
Are you suggesting coconuts are migratory?
fraksken@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 61d
Ok, swallowing definitely better than spidering.
listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io · 1 pts · 61d
What about batting?
otterpop@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 61d
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.
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu · 7 pts · 61d
I believe it is a true story....
felixwhynot@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 61d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging?wprov=sfti1
Enjoy the rabbit hole!
davidgro@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
That log entry was very obviously a pun on the already existing term "bug" for glitches.
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 61d
frogging is also the term for unraveling a knit garment to correct a mistake
ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 61d
Ribbit. Ribbit all out
DougPiranha42@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 61d
Ok, makes sense. I’m a convert. Frogging it is.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 61d
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!
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 61d
No, it was literally searching for bugs in relays or punch card readers.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 61d
Which would be a hardware bug.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
Ya, I said that. Hardware.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
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 · 3 pts · 61d
So, I mean ... Compared to how most people do debugging ... Maybe it's not a bad metaphor.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 61d
"Frogging" sounds like some kind of sex act. Like the evolution of "dogging"
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 61d
I find that rebugging is more my style.
MrOtingocni@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
What the fuck is frogging?
capuccino@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
We can call it fumigating tho