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Re:Null by taneq on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:20AM (#25774619)
Because software has hundreds or thousands of tanks, compartments, cogs, levers, buttons and switches. And if it's not designed robustly, using any one of those things slightly wrong (or even right, but there's a bug in the software) can make the entire thing disappear in a cloud of smoke, taking your groceries with it.
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Re:Null by yitchelle on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:26AM (#25774673)
The funny thing about this comment is that it is also applicable to the software in the car. The amount of software in today's car is mind boggling, and it grow exponentially as more and more features make it to the public roads.
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Re:Null by taneq on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:23AM (#25775062)
Absolutely! And we're even less tolerant of software errors (even ones without safety implications) in vehicles (and other appliances) than on computers.
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