Everyone who writes safety critical software should read this

[Regan Heath]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:38:08 -0000, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6636811
>
> I know that everyone is tired of hearing my airframe design stories, but  
> it's obvious to me that few engineers understand the principles of  
> failsafe design. This article makes that abundantly clear - and the  
> consequences of paying no attention to it.
>
> You can add in Fukishima and Deepwater Horizon as more costly examples  
> of ignorance of basic failsafe design principles.
>
> Yeah, I feel strongly about this.

One safety mechanism was all that saved North Carolina:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZAaGidUbg&t=2m58s

R
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