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Re:The Therac-25 Incident by wat10000 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @08:16AM (#45038635)
The lesson is not to write a mess like that. It might seem obvious, but it has to be learned.
Re:The Therac-25 Incident by kccqzy on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @04:27PM (#45044742)
Software engineering has advanced in the past few decades that the kind of code considered a "mess" has expanded.
Re:The Therac-25 Incident by wat10000 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @09:55PM (#45047468)
We’ve invented entirely new ways to write bad code.
Re:The Therac-25 Incident by 0xDEAFBEAD on Thursday August 28, 2025 @05:29AM (#45050181)
Examples?
Re:The Therac-25 Incident by wat10000 on Thursday August 28, 2025 @10:29AM (#45052610)
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