[SystemSafety] IEC 61508 Committee Draft of Edition 3 published

[Derek M Jones]

Peter,

>>> Bertrand Ricque and Michael Kindermann (both on this list) are both thinking about an IEC project to write a standards 
>>  > document with more detail on the statistical evaluation of safety-critical software.
>>
>> This sounds like a good idea until it is realised that
>> we know practically nothing about the reliability of
>> software.
> That may be your view, Derek, but I can safely say it is not widely shared.
I am not claiming that my view is widely shared, only
that it is true.

There is obviously evidence from in service software use.
For thousands of years individuals had decades of experience
of the weather, but that did not mean they
understood what was going on (although local rules of thumb
were available).

-- 
Derek M. Jones           Evidence-based software engineering
blog:https://shape-of-code.com