MarkL comments on Humans can drive cars - Less Wrong Discussion
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On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science by prof. dr. Edsger W. Dijkstra:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
I think the issue is that driving is a process of tiny course corrections, where if you're slightly off course you don't die. But, programs are fragile. One bit wrong and you die.