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MarkL comments on Humans can drive cars - Less Wrong Discussion

33 Post author: Apprentice 30 January 2014 11:55AM

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Comment author: MarkL 30 January 2014 10:42:07PM 5 points [-]

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.