Tells an entertaining parable about a conversation with a civil engineer who insists that bridges fall, period, and everyone knows it. Then turns to the timeworn (but understandable) observation that software engineering standards are absurdly weak compared to civil engineering standards.
It's all true! And should be taken seriously for mission-critical jobs (that's why I, a fan of Microsoft, would still not trust Windows running my autonomous vehicle).
But one can't help observe that their spiffy website could not possibly exist in this timeframe if consumer computer software had to be verifiably safe. It would be grotesquely behind where it stands today--people love features more than fixed software. We'd still be running browsers using, what, 1990 technology?
Tells an entertaining parable about a conversation with a civil engineer who insists that bridges fall, period, and everyone knows it. Then turns to the timeworn (but understandable) observation that software engineering standards are absurdly weak compared to civil engineering standards.
It's all true! And should be taken seriously for mission-critical jobs (that's why I, a fan of Microsoft, would still not trust Windows running my autonomous vehicle).
But one can't help observe that their spiffy website could not possibly exist in this timeframe if consumer computer software had to be verifiably safe. It would be grotesquely behind where it stands today--people love features more than fixed software. We'd still be running browsers using, what, 1990 technology?