This is just priceless

[Shane Hathaway]

Michael Halcrow wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 10:31:23AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
>>Daniel C. wrote:
>>>http://www.thedailywtf.com/forums/65091/ShowPost.aspx
>>
>>Hmm... this one doesn't bother me much.
> 
> [...]
> 
> In any case, the comment makes it clear that he intended to go back
> and fix it. For one reason or another, that never happened. *That* is
> the real sin. If I ever committed that code to a production branch (I
> wouldn't), I certainly wouldn't have just forgotten about it...

Yes, the blame seems to fall mostly on the programmer in this case. 
However, I imagine the cost of fixing this bug is quite small compared 
with nastier bugs like race conditions or memory allocation errors, 
which often grind away a company's reputation and can only be solved by 
spending days or weeks of expensive engineers' time.

Shane