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> And it would be catastrophically poor planning on the part of car designers

Why? I'm sure they don't like recalling their cars every couple of months to fix a bug, and customers don't either.

Car firmware developers know the exact hardware, needs, and uses in every case. Think about where most bugs come from: people doing things the developer didn't expect. Cars don't have many inputs, and those few inputs don't have many possible values.

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