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Re:Null by pitay on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:18AM (#25787287)
If there was a physical device that could filter gas and non-gas liquids that could be installed in a car we would expect car manufacturers to do that.

There is one thing they could do to stop people putting the wrong liquid in their car. That is to key the nozzle to only fit cars which support their fuel, so petrol pumps nozzles only correctly fit petrol cars, diesel pumps only fit diesel cars.

Completely agree with you on you main point, software should be made correct and resilient (more than other things) because it can be made so.

Re:Null by seren1 on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:33AM (#25808952)
Having owned a diesel car, I can confirm this is actually the case. The nozzles where I live are are keyed to prevent mishaps.