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> It was programmed in an unnamed foreign country where the title “Miss” is used for a child and “Ms” for an adult female. This feels like a requirements probl
by tdeck 6y ago
> It was programmed in an unnamed foreign country where the title “Miss” is used for a child and “Ms” for an adult female.
This feels like a requirements problem, more than an inadvertent bug. It makes me wonder why someone would decide to guess age (and thus weight) based on the name string alone.
Don't the airlines usually have the birthdates of passengers anyway?
- adaml_623 6y agoI guess System #1 isn't properly integrated into System #2 because the development is being undertaken by off-shored teams who don't understand the business domain.
- jmchuster 6y agoWith the amazing solution being > The operator subsequently introduced manual checks to ensure adult females were referred to as Ms on relevant documentation.