Re: OT?: AF 447 and avionics software

[sjw <simon.j.wright@mac.com>]

On Jun 5, 8:22 am, MRE <Marc.Enzm...@web.de> wrote:

> The rocket scientist that came to this brilliant conclusion seems to
> be a real expert in the field of complexity theory.
> Thing is: even if you use analog electronics 50's style you can not be
> sure that you have checked all possible combinations of events.

I think the difference is that analog systems tend to break in much
less complex ways than digital ones. A run-time exception is likely to
result in catastrophic and unpredictable misbehaviours. Who would have
thought that buffer overflows could lead to botnets overloading the
net with spam?