How software bugs can lead to national catastrophic disasters?
its all about overflow errors, wrong conversions or syntax,division by ZERO, rounding errors – does this sound unfamiliar????
Explosion of Ariane 5, 1996 due to “…conversion of a 64 bit integer into a 16 bit signed integer lead to an overflow…”
Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter, 1999 due to “…mix-up between pounds and kilogram….”
Mars Polar Lander, 1998 due to “…software error that mistakenly identified the vibration caused by the deployment of the lander’s legs as being caused by the vehicle touching down on the Martian surface….”
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