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>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. :)
or a space shuttle's life support system!
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.