From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!tihor
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: new bug word? - (nf)
Article-I.D.: cmcl2.29307
Posted: Wed Jan 26 00:13:49 1983
Received: Fri Jan 28 06:33:45 1983

#R:houxa:-15100:cmcl2:8500002:000:386
cmcl2!tihor    Jan 25 18:09:00 1983

The term misfeature is in fairly common use around here for something which
falls into the vague gray area between obvious bugs (things which the designer
never intended to happen) and obvious features (things which the users finds
reasonable to happen).  A misfeature is the dual (or at least a differing
view) of the object of the classic retort: 

	"It's not a bug, it's a FEATURE."