Vacuum & Albert
Albert
Hey, have you ever thought about the cultural myth that a bug‑free program is actually possible? It’s a neat paradox—one that feels like a mythical code that everyone claims to have found, yet it keeps slipping out of reach. What’s your take on that?
Vacuum
I think it's a useful myth to keep us humble. In the end, every line of code can bite somewhere, and the only real way to get close is to write tests and accept that the program will always be a little bit of a work in progress.
Albert
Yeah, the “bug‑free” myth is like a cultural trickster that keeps us humble. The only way to get close to it is to write tests, accept the perpetual work‑in‑progress state, and then wonder if the myth itself is just a social contract we’re never meant to break. If you ever stumble on a truly clean line, you can send it to the myth committee for official review.
Vacuum
I’d probably keep it in my own repo and run a hundred tests, just to be sure. If it still passes, I’d send a copy to the committee, but mostly I’d just think about how many lines of code it still has to touch.
Albert
Sounds like a solid plan, though the committee probably never reads any of those thousand‑test commits. The real question is: does the myth even have a definition, or is it just a convenient way to say “we’re still learning”? Keep questioning.
Vacuum
I think the myth is just an ideal, a way to keep us aiming higher while we accept that every program has edge cases. It’s a reminder that learning never stops.