> Maybe statistical correctness is okay for scripting languages, but for the lowest levels of an operating system, or any mission critical application or service, this isn’t an appropriate solution. I hope this isn’t controversial.
I would say that in any case, statistical correctness is all you can have. It's a bit of a nitpick, though, as it certainly doesn't mean that it can't be some orders of magnitude more likely.
(Which point the author seems to make, himself, later in the essay.)
I would say that in any case, statistical correctness is all you can have. It's a bit of a nitpick, though, as it certainly doesn't mean that it can't be some orders of magnitude more likely.
(Which point the author seems to make, himself, later in the essay.)