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Re:Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona priso... by Aerroon on Monday February 22, 2021 @03:18PM (#26230005)
Are bridges and software comparable in complexity though? How many engineers work on designing a bridge compared to software developers that are writing a program? There are more than an order of magnitude more software developers in the US than civil engineers.

Now think about the state of US infrastructure. Does it inspire confidence for the future?

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Re:Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona priso... by rowanG077 on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:17PM (#26230766)
I'd say a lot of software is comparable in complexity to the large bridges that exist. Of course there are massive software projects that dwarf any bridge ever build. But a lot of software is only moderately complex.

I don't know about infrastructure in the US. I don't live there. I'm happy with the infrastructure in west Europe though. I wish that much care was put in to the software I use every day.

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