6 votes The Worst Computer Bugs in History: Race conditions in Therac-25 Posted August 14, 2018 by sum Tags: programming, bugs, testing, therac 25 https://blog.bugsnag.com/bug-day-race-condition-therac-25/ 2 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK sum (OP) August 14, 2018 Link More about Therac-25 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 Relevant HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17740292 More about Therac-25 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 Relevant HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17740292 Akronymus August 14, 2018 Link Oh I remember that one. It was quite nasty. Sadly Race conditions are some of the worst bugs, due to the difficulty of debugging/inability to do so. Oh I remember that one. It was quite nasty. Sadly Race conditions are some of the worst bugs, due to the difficulty of debugging/inability to do so.
sum (OP) August 14, 2018 Link More about Therac-25 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 Relevant HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17740292 More about Therac-25 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 Relevant HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17740292
Akronymus August 14, 2018 Link Oh I remember that one. It was quite nasty. Sadly Race conditions are some of the worst bugs, due to the difficulty of debugging/inability to do so. Oh I remember that one. It was quite nasty. Sadly Race conditions are some of the worst bugs, due to the difficulty of debugging/inability to do so.
More about Therac-25 on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
Relevant HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17740292
Oh I remember that one. It was quite nasty. Sadly Race conditions are some of the worst bugs, due to the difficulty of debugging/inability to do so.