Archive for April 21st, 2008
21st Apr 2008
When you absolutely, positively have to write software that does not fail
I’ve been fascinated about the software they run on the space shuttle ever since I read this article years ago: They Write the Right Stuff
Today, I ran across this article about Self-Modifying Code written by someone that used to work at Lockheed on the shuttle. He describes using it for fault tolerance down near the hardware.
I imagine the computers running the Federal Reserve have similarly robust features baked in. Interesting stuff.
I’ve been fascinated about the software they run on the space shuttle ever since I read this article years ago: They Write the Right Stuff
Today, I ran across this article about Self-Modifying Code written by someone that used to work at Lockheed on the shuttle. He describes using it for fault tolerance down near the hardware.
I imagine the computers running the Federal Reserve have similarly robust features baked in. Interesting stuff.
Posted by Mark Turansky under 
Engineering 
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