microcode, compilers, and supercomputer architecture

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Apr 5 18:21:33 1999

I wrote:
> Most of us already relegate a lot of life's decisions, including some
> life-critical ones, to computers every day.
> Or are you the kind of person that refuses to buy cars with antilock brake
> systems?

Tony wrote:
> Well, I don't drive yet, but when I do, I sure as hell won't have a car
> with ABS.
[various good reasons deleted]
> No thanks. I'd rather trust my skill (and thus have to learn to do things
> properly) than trust a microprocessor.

Don't fly on a Boeing 777 or an Airbus A320 either. And don't ever wind
up in a hospital ICU, surgery, or radiation oncology.
Received on Mon Apr 05 1999 - 18:21:33 BST