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Old 19th Jan 2008, 18:28
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highly likely that both computers were running the same software
Speaking as a real-time software engineer I find this highly unlikely.

I recall reading that many safety-critical software systems providing multiple levels of redundancy use the talents of at least two non-intersecting groups of programmers.

The two teams are tasked with achieving the same software goals but are not allowed to cross-pollinate in terms of algorithms or code; thus trying to ensure that a programming flaw or bug is not induced into ALL parts of the system being created.

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