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A comment on Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers.

Re:Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers by rbmktechik on Saturday June 29, 2019 @12:29PM (#20313415)
You know the old saying: I would never fly in a plane designed with software using floating point.

I think it needs an updating: I would never fly in a plane with software written by $9/hour coders.

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Re:Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers by gugagore on Saturday June 29, 2019 @12:36PM (#20313453)
Is that a saying? Lots of critical systems use floating point numbers.
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