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> system that is designed to never crash Oh, they crash. Software on currently fielded jets crash all the time, pilots call them "software anomalies." System
by olympus 13y ago
> system that is designed to never crash
Oh, they crash. Software on currently fielded jets crash all the time, pilots call them "software anomalies."
Systems are designed to fail softly and reboot quickly (~1 minute) and sometimes do so automatically without physically crashing the jet. Sometimes the pilot won't even notice.
- iyulaev 13y agosometimes do so automatically without physically crashing the jet I hope by "sometimes" you mean "almost every time!"
- olympus 13y agoSorry, bad grammar. I meant that sometimes they reboot automatically. The systems are designed to always reboot without physically crashing the jet, but sometimes the pilot has to command the reboot themselves.
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- outworlder 13y ago> Systems are designed to fail softly and reboot quickly (~1 minute) and sometimes do so automatically without physically crashing the jet. Sometimes the pilot won't even notice. If that's the case, why not use something like Erlang?
- skittles 13y agoBecause you don't want to be in a high performance jet when the VM decides to do garbage collection during a critical maneuver.