[colug-432] Great moments in computer science

Jeff Frontz jeff.frontz at gmail.com
Tue Jun 2 16:45:30 EDT 2015


Are people still driving around with this software?  I can't find anything
(that doesn't lead to a Toyota site) about improved software methodologies
for Toyota vehicles.



On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:38 PM, R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote:

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> http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-%E2%80%9Cspaghetti%E2%80%9D-code
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> Toyota had more than 10,000 global variables.
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> “And in practice, five, ten, okay, fine. 10,000, no, we're done. It is
> not safe, and I don't need to see all 10,000 global variables to know
> that that is a problem,” Koopman testified.
>
> -- Russ herrold
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