[Sort of war] Test your software!

Taka Muraoka

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/26/1048653751202.html[^] For the second time in two days, an American Patriot missile defence battery has apparently locked its sights on a coalition fighter plane, raising fears that the system's targeting software is infected with a deadly glitch.

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Joao Paulo Figueira

This is a good example for software developers: our bugs do have an impact on our user's lives. No joke meant, of couse.

peterchen

fiver for balance.

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Taka Muraoka

Exactly. Maybe the people who voted the post down thought I was making a joke or something. Far from it - it's tragic to think that airmen may have been shot down and killed because of buggy software.

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MrEyes

I can see it now Developer : Well it didnt do that when I compiled it, try it again and see if you can replicate the problem. On the subject of "life threatening" code, read this article about the people that develop the code for the Space Shuttle http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.html[^]

Lost User

Excellent article... Thanks for posting it...! Steven J. Ackerman, Consultant ACS, Sarasota, FL http://www.acscontrol.com steve@acscontrol.com sja@gte.net

Chris Maunder

Have they installed this[^]? cheers, Chris Maunder

David Stone

:laugh: Good one.

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David Stone

That's an awesome article! Thanks for posting it!

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Taka Muraoka

Doesn't that just make things worse?

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