Software Testing Can Never Be Overemphaszied
Saturday, January 19th, 2008The most advanced fighter plane currently fielded by the United States Air Force, the F-22 Raptor, is an extremely advanced piece of military hardware. Billions of dollars have been sunk into the development of these planes and billions spent on their development. However, a flight of 15 of these planes suddenly lost all their electrical systems upon crossing the international dateline on a flight from Hawaii to Japan. The reason? A software error in four lines of code. The planes only got to land by following a tanker plane visually. software testing and its importance cannot be overemphasized, especially in expensive applications.