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What happened to the programmer?

• ams6110 11y ago
  Nothing. She continued to work there until after I moved on.
  • mfoy_ 11y ago
    After a scare like that I'll bet she never makes that mistake again and makes sure to triple check for typos in dangerous commands.
• organsnyder 11y ago
  If the programmer followed proper review and change control procedures, nothing should happen. Everyone writes bad code once in a while; in this particular case, the bug happened to be more catastrophic, but that's more bad luck than anything else. We have code reviews and change controls not only to reduce the number of defects, but also to provide cover when mistakes inevitably slip through.