mandelbug

jargon, programming /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrotset) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and

obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even

nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks

it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug.

See also schroedinbug.

[Jargon File]

(1995-02-08)