>And stress, I'm sure. They literally do make life and death decisions. If my program has a bug in it, nobody dies from it.
Until you make programs that do. Maybe software controlling somebody's IV drip and confusing a plus with a minus (just a small bug). Or a program that control's nuclear reaction dampeners in a power plant, where a small bug like that could be a little worrisome. :)
"Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice." -- Dave Barry