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On 03/23/2018 12:47 AM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> A system that decides to just ignore race conditions as "unavoidable" is
> going in the wrong direction. Most likely, it will kill us all when it's
> running self-driving cars and autopilots.

Autopilots have to be certified to DO178B/C. They'll continue to be written in 
Ada and not kill us.

Self-driving cars, though operating in a much more complex environment, don't 
seem to need any certification, and will probably kill us all.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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