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> I can’t think of anything more important or critical than software that runs on a commercial airplane. Nuclear reactors?
by spencerwgreene 7y ago
> I can’t think of anything more important or critical than software that runs on a commercial airplane.
Nuclear reactors?
- samatman 7y agoArguably, the existence of nuclear reactors which don't fail safe under any contemplated crisis is a hardware bug. It's possible to design a reactor that can be ruptured by a bomb or earthquake, which will then dump core into a prepared area and cool down. This kind of physics-based safety is obviously not possible for airplanes.
- imtringued 7y agoWhat triggers the core dump? Humans? Software? Are there detectors integrated into the walls?
- samatman 7y agoPhysical rupture of containment. If all electronics fry simultaneously, then the reactor core cools in-place.
- amw-zero 7y agoI should have said “commercial airplanes are among the most important and critical things that use software.” It’s obviously difficult to determine the objective most important use case.