Dave Lemen

Debugging the Torture Bill

Kevin Poulsen identifies the problem I have with Congress's new Torture Bill -- in code:

It occurs to me now that the whole 94-page bill really amounts to a common, one-character programming error.

    if (person = terrorist) {
                punish_severely();
    } else {
                exit(-1);
    }

Looks okay, right? Maybe in VB. Keep on clicking for the solution.