Therac-25 (was: microcode, compilers, and supercomputer architecture)

From: LordTyran <a2k_at_one.net>
Date: Mon Apr 12 17:11:31 1999

The Therac-25 (and several other poorly-made machines) are in a book
called "Fatal Defect: Chasing Killer Computer Bugs" by Ivars Peterson,
ISBN 0-679-74027-9... it's a bit dry at times, but has some good stories
of programmers that I'm glad I'm not :)

Kevin

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        After sifting through the overwritten remaining blocks of Luke's
home directory, Luke and PDP-1 sped away from /u/lars, across the surface
of the Winchester riding Luke's flying read/write head. PDP-1 had Luke stop
at the edge of the cylinder overlooking /usr/spool/uucp.
        "Unix-to-Unix Copy Program;" said PDP-1. "You will never find a
more wretched hive of bugs and flamers. We must be cautious."
                -- DECWARS
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