[jbellis]

> And try and convince a programmer that it's possible that their program's memory can be wrong. They understand in theory but refuse to code for the possibility.

Because the hardware can still detect multi-bit errors, just not transparently correct them. So you shut the machine down automatically until you get new dram installed.

Programmers _are_ coding for machines-will-fail-temporarily, but coding to "handle" random memory errors instead of buying the right ECC hardware would be insane.