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by girvo 918 days ago
To prove this, software that deals with medical stuff is somewhat more like aviation.
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Also, aviation and software aren't orthogonal. E.g., the article mentioned that part of the reason the pilot was able to sustain a very narrow velocity window between stall and overrunning the runway was because of the A380's fly by wire system.
Yep. Insulin pumps can kill their owner and the software updates need to be FDA approved:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773959/