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On 10/28/2014 05:34 PM, Adam Beneschan wrote:
> 
> By "impossible" I was referring to the possibility of writing safe code in
> C++, not the possibility of convincing your fellow programmers to actually
> try to do so.  My wording was unclear.  But even so, let's say you're right
> about what would happen--are you still going to argue that taking the job in
> the first place would be a less ethical choice, as you seemed to be arguing
> earlier?

Good question. Writing S/W that kills is clearly unethical, even if due to
incompetence. Where does writing part of the S/W that kills fall? It's even
possible, if our S/W engineer did a good job on the part of the S/W he worked
on, that this allowed the project to complete where it would have failed
otherwise. A liability lawsuit that went after the S/W developers would
undoubtedly consider him equally responsible.

This stuff isn't simple. I hoped to spark some discussion on the ethical aspects
of language choice. I hope more people will want to comment.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of
thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."
Blazing Saddles
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