meaning of bug compatible

1. bug-compatible Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or especially previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2. 0 used as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretins choice of / as an option character in 1. 0. " [Jargon File] bug fix A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug. Often a fix for one bug inadvertantly introduces new bugs, hence the need for careful forethought and testing. Compare: workaround.

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bug-compatible | bug-for-bug compatible |

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