alt Hacker News> There are documented tragedies where numerical rounding error of the control logic of a missile costed lives.
curious about this
> There are documented tragedies where numerical rounding error of the control logic of a missile costed lives.
curious about this
This is likely a reference to the Patriot missile rounding issue that arguably led to 28 deaths.
https://www-users.cse.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/Patriot-dhar...
https://www.gao.gov/assets/imtec-92-26.pdf