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Re:Triple-Triple Redundant 777 Primary Flight Computer (1996... by sitkack on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @08:07AM (#10662680)
Faults in human cognition aren't randomly distributed. While n versioning helps with these issues, it doesn't prevent them to the level one would assume. Nor does it correct for systemic flaws in the specification.
Re:Triple-Triple Redundant 777 Primary Flight Computer (1996... by ucaetano on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @08:29AM (#10662789)
That's why I only use software coded by at least 3 different species, two of them being not-earth-based and one not-carbon-based :)
Re:Triple-Triple Redundant 777 Primary Flight Computer (1996... by sitkack on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:52AM (#10664053)
Programmers in the future will spend the majority of their time debugging code written by AIs