Re:Post Office scandal: Public inquiry to examine wrongful c...
by nonrandomstring on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:54AM
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> Our standards aren't _that_ low.
Sorry you're right. I don't mean to dump on my fellow coders. I've
actually done some safety critical stuff in my time and still have
nightmares 20 years later as to how its running in production.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the distance between what we
understand as the probable correctness of code, and the fantasies of
regular folk in management or politics is enormous and widening.
The difference between our informed standards, and most uninformed
expectations, is dangerous.
Sorry you're right. I don't mean to dump on my fellow coders. I've actually done some safety critical stuff in my time and still have nightmares 20 years later as to how its running in production.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the distance between what we understand as the probable correctness of code, and the fantasies of regular folk in management or politics is enormous and widening.
The difference between our informed standards, and most uninformed expectations, is dangerous.