"Asimov" wrote in message
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They do but they still manage to rip rudders off airplanes when the
pilot only moves the pedals 1-1/2 inches, like happened in New York
about a month after 9/11/2001. Just because software is in charge
doesn't mean it isn't safe. The problem is always GIGO and unless
inputs are properly validated then all hell will and does break loose.
Why don't software engineers get it already?

"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the
first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization".

-- Weinberg's Second Law

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