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by 72deluxe 4346 days ago
Would you say that making a mistake in software is equal to taking a human life?
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maaku 4346 days ago
Depends on the what the software does.
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72deluxe 4344 days ago
Not sure why the downvotes, but I think for the application software that probably 98% of us here write, it isn't as important as we'd like to believe in comparison to a person's life.

Either that or life is really really cheap.

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evilduck 4346 days ago
If you were the developer for a Therac-25, yes, yes I would.
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