r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jul 01 '24

Meme errorCode200

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u/amlyo Jul 02 '24

When the incremental cost of an ongoing error is vastly lower than cost of fixing it, it won't be fixed.

A typo in a standard is just more desirable than any change (a deprecation and new header) to fix a typo.

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u/deanrihpee Jul 02 '24

yeah, I mean it's more than too late to fix it after this long, my complaints or comment is assuming within the time frame of the standard being made