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Fat fingering could be fatal.
by sh4un 5y ago
Fat fingering could be fatal.
- LinuxBender 5y agoThis happened by mistake once. OpenVMS allowed for command shortening vs completion so you could type h edit if you wanted help on the edit command instead of help edit. One OS update broke that logic and h became halt. The results were unpleasant for many especially given OpenVMS at the time was commonly used on many financial systems, telco systems, government systems and much more. It's been a while so I forgot exactly when this happened but those impacted won't forget the experience.
- dredmorbius 5y agoSeverely underrated comment.