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Shares anecdotes about notorious software errors, describes the types of computer systems currently in use, and argues that each decision to use a software solution should be examined carefully
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Wiener, a former software developer, reminds us that computer software systems manage numerous critical aspects of contemporary life, from flying commercial jets to controlling nuclear power plants. She points out the risks to us all in these systems by describing 13 real-life stories in which software failure was responsible for things going wrong. In some cases the outcome was comic; in others it was tragic; sometimes it was both. Making it clear that the inherent unreliability of software will always be present, Wiener explains why we should be cautious when introducing software control into systems and suggests the criteria we should use to evaluate such proposals. For an informed audience at both public and academic libraries who question science policy and how far software systems should go in controlling our lives.
- Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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