[SystemSafety] A Fire Code for Software?

[Derek M Jones]

Chuck,

> So Jack Ganssle has written a good article <
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ganssle.com_tem_tem345.html-23article2&d=DwIBAg&c=zVFQZQ67ypsA9mYKSCqWmQHiVkCCaN-Gb60_N6TVnLk&r=zCwDz0h_ezUCVpbXoLT-zh0iTVdbymfdnT16kGAgelNE5W_nOFK-pESbjJCRy2gv&m=EXlK2RTydJ9dFQ3M6TTCTNQByQGVSNvelRsEfZBJZKA&s=V9mvQe_kIPN3s8Q3ISK7OtnaRX7M7m3ghABaqDqWGwc&e=> recounting the history of
> fire codes and comparing that to software. Here are some out takes.

 From the article:

"Half of Charleston, SC burned in 1838."

"...1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire, in which 85 people were killed and 650 
injured. The hotel didn't have sprinklers..."

This is another case of, it took a very long time to get there.

Is there any reason to think software will be any different?

As I keep reminding people,
safety related software has a (lack of) dead body problem.

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Derek M. Jones           Software analysis
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