If as assert fails, is there a bug?

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Published on 2010-05-20T21:16:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 21:20 UTC
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I've always followed the logic: if assert fails, then there is a bug. Root cause could either be:

Assert itself is invalid (bug)
There is a programming error (bug)
(no other options)

I.E. Are there any other conclusions one could come to? Are there cases where an assert would fail and there is no bug?

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