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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by jrh206 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:23AM (#25442186)
Nobody's making any points about developers

My gut instinct is that this is incorrect, too, but I don't know enough about surgery to make a compelling argument.

I'd back myself to pick up Ruby (a language I've never touched before) and be productive, more than I'd trust a surgeon who only has experience with heart surgery to operate on my brain. Maybe that's ignorant of me.

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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by mekkkkkk on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:54AM (#25442463)
Even if a Ruby bug would mean death?

EDIT: I take this back. I missed the point of the argument.

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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:05AM (#25442564)
That'd change the risks, sure.

I don't think that's the scenario @jrh206 was talking about, though. Most code written in Ruby doesn't have the sort of immediate risk to life or limb surgeries do.

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