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There's plenty of software that can kill someone as a first-order effect. If you allow second-order, there's even more. Avionics. Air traffic control. Indus

There's plenty of software that can kill someone as a first-order effect. If you allow second-order, there's even more. Avionics. Air traffic control. Industrial control. Automotive software. 911 dispatch. Medical instruments. Medical information. Military command and control. Mechanical engineering analysis software. Lots of software can kill people.

kayo_20211030 3y ago
That's not what I'm saying. If a web page takes 2s to render rather than a theoretical minimum of "immediately", for most software that most people write, no one will die, or be hurt, or even feel too bad as a first-order effect. Obviously, if one is writing flight control software, or somesuch, then the stakes are higher, and one ought to be aware of that. That's the practicality calculation. If you're going to kill/hurt/really upset someone, then what you're doing is not fit for purpose (unless that is the purpose :) )
supriyo-biswas 3y ago
FWIW, the embedded domain usually has a little more focus on efficiency and correctness compared to enterprise software.