16.06.2012 20:11, Walter Bright пишет:
On 6/16/2012 8:26 AM, Guillaume Chatelet wrote:
And then we wonder why software is
notorious for being delivered late and full of bugs, while other
engineers routinely deliver finished bridges, automobiles, electrical
appliances, etc., on time and with only minor defects.
I have a nit to pick with that statement, as a former mechanical
engineer who has done professional mechanical designs and has taken
apart a lot of others.
Bridges, automobiles, electrical appliances, etc., are full of design
errors.
You all probably know a canonical example, Tacoma Narrows Bridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
Let's forgive its designers because it was the first such accident with
bridge.
But in Russia we still (2010) have this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVzYDIlBQ0w
And this bridge still works without rebuilding, but with attenuator now.
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Денис В. Шеломовский
Denis V. Shelomovskij
