diff --git a/1991/dds/README.md b/1991/dds/README.md index 21c84d25b..2b4523b56 100644 --- a/1991/dds/README.md +++ b/1991/dds/README.md @@ -39,20 +39,6 @@ What happens if you give the program a C program like itself? Try: You'll get errors yes but what does the generated file look like? What about other types of files? -Please note that if the BASIC file cannot be opened for reading or the output -file cannot be opened for writing then this program will very likely crash or do -something funny. - -This is supposed to happen. As is written in the -[The Jargon File](http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/feature.html): - -``` -That's not a bug, that's a feature. -``` - -These are a mild nuisance but are considered a feature not a bug. We challenge -you to fix it for learning if you wish. See also [bugs.md](/bugs.md). - ## Judges' remarks: diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md index d264f22d2..649f89fdf 100644 --- a/thanks-for-fixes.md +++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md @@ -1153,7 +1153,11 @@ The key to the string is that it rotates the character by `+1`. This was not immediately clear until reading the author's remarks so there was an alt version that was something of a kludge, running `make a` instead but that was removed. -Cody also fixed a typo in LANDER.BAS. +Cody also fixed a typo in LANDER.BAS and made it so that if a file could not be +opened for reading or a file could not be opened for writing it would not crash. +The definition of whether that should be a bug to fix or a feature to not fix +was pondered and changed numerous times and ultimately that problem with this +entry was fixed. It has not been done in all. ## [1991/fine](1991/fine/fine.c) ([README.md](1991/fine/README.md))