shore%NRL-CSS@sri-unix.UUCP (06/06/83)
From: John Shore <shore@NRL-CSS>
This request isn't emacs related, but the emacs community contains
lots of people who might be able to help....
In discussions of software and software engineering, it sometimes helps
to cite famous bugs. To this end, I am collecting a list.
I have in mind bugs that caused major problems as well as bugs that
could have but were prevented by suitable human intervention.
Some examples of bugs I've heard about but for which I don't have
documentation: (a) bug forced a Mercury astronaut to fly a
manual re-entry; (b) bugs were problems in the first two Apollo
moon landings; (c) bug caused NORAD to alert U.S. forces about
incoming Soviet missiles (the moon); (d) process synchronization
bugs delayed the first space shuttle launch.
Can you help? I would appreciate receiving brief descriptions of
famous or should-have-been famous bugs of all types (space program,
banking, nuclear power, census, etc.). If possible, please include
references that will help me to filter out the apocryphal bugs.
Please pass this message on to others who might be interested.
I will send a copy of the resulting bug-list to all who contribute.
Thanks in advance.
John Shore
Code 7591
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C. 20375
(202)767-3056
shore@nrl-css
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