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> People died in RL not only once because of issues with the C language. I think no other language carries a real world death toll around. Can you link me info

> People died in RL not only once because of issues with the C language. I think no other language carries a real world death toll around. Can you link me info about those bugs? I'm familiar with the radiation software bugs, but they don't appear to have been written in C.

still_grokking 4y ago
The Therac-25 used a PDP-11 computer. So I assumed the software was written in C. It wasn't? I would also assume that most embedded software (e.g. in cars, spaceships, weapons, etc.) is written in C. But I see now it's indeed hard to come up with definitive sources. A few failures can be found here (and it's easy to google some more): https://embeddedartistry.com/fieldatlas/historical-software-accidents-and-errors/ https://embeddedartistry.com/fieldatlas/historical-software-... But sadly no reference to the used languages anywhere there. So I forward the question as I'm now also unsure: Has anybody definitive sources that prove the absence of C code in the known fatal accidents?