microcode, compilers, and supercomputer architecture - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Apr 1999

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 Max Eskin &lt;max82(a)surfree.com&gt; wrote:

 I have heard of Airbuses crashing because the controls were poorly
 designed. I've never heard of a 777 crashing. I've also never heard of any
 medical machines failing, though this would tend to be underpublicized. 

Actually, the THERAC-25 radiation therapy machine is a good example of
poor hardware AND software design which killed a number of people by
giving them too high a dose of radiation, either for too long or 
without the proper screen in place.

clint