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Originally Posted by romiglups
Writing software is hard. Writing software which crashes securely is harder. Writing such software on a 30 year old platform with very limited hardware resources is harder. Writing such software without interfering with other critical software running for 30 years on the same platform is even harder. Writing such software in a very limited time to solve an issue not considered at the start of program is harder. Writing such software with a limited cost was probably too hard.
"Good, cheap, fast. Pick any two." This one is attributed to Red Adair, the famous oil and gas fire suppressing expert.

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