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Re:Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time (2012) by kasparsklavins on Monday October 10, 2016 @04:08AM (#12675753)
There are situations in which it is not acceptable to make a "loud crash", e.g., while a plane is flying.

There was a quote by a nasa engineer that an incorrect action is better than no action at all, but I cant find it at the moment.

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Re:Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time (2012) by gpderetta on Monday October 10, 2016 @09:59AM (#12677111)
I'm pretty sure that if a flight computer detects an inconsistency, it will immediately reboot, and not try to limp along in a bad state. Either the reboot is fast enough to recover quickly enough, or the redundant systems will take over.
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