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		jon2512chua on July 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What really happened to the software on the Mars P... Interesting read. Though correct me if I'm wrong, but I find the article rather biased against iterative/agile way of writing software. Don't get me wrong, I believe there's a time and place for over-2500-pages-of-specs-for-6000-LoC kinda process, but the article seems to be saying that quick iterations are of the stone age/how little children do it and that the way the on-board shuttle group software team wrote their software is the "perfect" way.

taspeotis on July 5, 2013 [–]

It's been a while since I've read the article, but I skimmed over it and didn't really get that vibe from it.

I felt it was more "these guys are extreme outliers in terms of software quality, but also extreme outliers in terms of process."

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