>We know that the software for the Therac-25 was developed by a single person, using PDP 11 assembly language, over a period of several years. >The programmer

>We know that the software for the Therac-25 was developed by a single person, using PDP 11 assembly language, over a period of several years. >The programmer left AECL in 1986. In a lawsuit connected with one of the accidents, the lawyers were unable to obtain information about the programmer from AECL. In the depositions connected with that case, none of the AECL employees questioned could provide any information about his educational background or experience. http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/Public/Handouts/Therac/Side_bar_1.html http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/Public/Handouts/Therac/Side_b... Surely in the 80s someone working professionally on such a system had some university education?