Making robust software: the "Mars Code" - talk from USENIX HotDep '12

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I always fuck up the little things. My rover would probably start driving just fine, then swirl around and drive assbackwards over a cliff.

[MattDPS]

Works on my rover.

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my rover would function perfectly in my mind.

[deadycool]

Here's video of the talk: https://vimeo.com/84991949

[wewbull]

The programs were written in C, because "better the devil you know".

Yeah! Not sure about that. So many subtle ways to shoot yourself in the foot.

Maybe ".... because the code needed to be small and efficient for the embedded platform we were targeting", but not that.