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Old January 24th 08, 05:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Phil J
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Default The 777 crash - another theory

On Jan 23, 3:08*pm, "Morgans" wrote:

Also, note that I am not saying that this did happen, but there are always
the "updated" software packages that get added, over the years. *One of
those could have contained a new, unanticipated problem.
--
Jim in NC


Moving steadily off-topic...

Yeah, with computers there is no such thing as a small change. I
don't know how many times in my career I have fixed a bug only to
discover that my fix has caused yet another bug. And these days with
object-oriented code the software is more fragmented, with more
interdependent moving parts, which makes unintended consequences more
likely. I'm not knocking OO code, but I do think it tends to make
programs more complex than the old procedural stuff. And greater
complexity generally makes testing more difficult. Just one geek's
opinion.

Phil