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Old 28th Jul 2019, 09:19
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Originally Posted by Imagegear
A question from an unlearned professional,

How well is the code in the MCAS understood by non-software engineering guru's outside of Boeing?.

Is it still the case in software design engineering that the "Bit Bucket" exists to catch those hard errors for which monitoring and recovery code has not yet been written. Also, does the "Bit Bucket" remain in the code even after delivery of the software and the product?

Does the code in the MCAS have a "Bit Bucket"?

Thanks,

IG
I would guess that MCAS is written in ADA. Probably no "bit bucket" as ADA is designed to :...

Ada improves code safety and maintainability by using the compiler to find errors in favor of runtime errors.
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