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Right. It's clear that many people have not heard of, or considered, Therac-25[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th

Right. It's clear that many people have not heard of, or considered, Therac-25[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

eesmith 4y ago
Therac-25 removed redundancy. Quoting the Wikipedia article: "Previous models had hardware interlocks to prevent such faults, but the Therac-25 had removed them, depending instead on software checks for safety."
- John23832 4y ago
  Right, that is the point I was making.