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If that's meant to be reassuring I'm not sure it has worked.
by pluma 11y ago
If that's meant to be reassuring I'm not sure it has worked.
- ceejayoz 11y agohttp://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff http://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff > But how much work the software does is not what makes it remarkable. What makes it remarkable is how well the software works. This software never crashes. It never needs to be re-booted. This software is bug-free. It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved. Consider these stats : the last three versions of the program — each 420,000 lines long-had just one error each. The last 11 versions of this software had a total of 17 errors. Commercial programs of equivalent complexity would have 5,000 errors.
- protomyth 11y agoSoftware correctness is only part of the problem. Mechanical failure and the need to compensate from it is often beyond the programming. Sending someone into space without a manual override seems unwise. We've seen it used in space already, assuming it won't be needed again is an incorrect assumption.