Therac-25: A landmark case study in software engineering failure

(en.wikipedia.org)

7 points | by insuranceguru 12 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • mitchbob 10 hours ago ago

    Lots of comments from the past:

    https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Therac

    • insuranceguru 3 hours ago ago

      it’s definitely one of those evergreen engineering disasters. I fell down the rabbit hole reading about it again recently because the core issue replacing hardware interlocks with software logic feels eerily relevant to what we are seeing in the automotive/EV space right now.

  • operogg 11 hours ago ago

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