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>Safety-critical software systems, which are the topic of the Atlantic article, are held to shockingly high quality standards.

Doesn't appear to be the case here: http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintende...

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I'm sure you can find specific cases where it isn't the case for critical systems, but for the most part, I've found it to be true (having worked in the nuclear power, power electronics, electric grid, and ICS/SCADA industries). Sure there are cases where software fails, but in my personal, and anecdotal, experiences, software serving critical infrastructure is held to a much higher standard.

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