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The Brooklyn Bridge
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1. The Brooklyn Bridge
2. The Brooklyn Bridge
Completed in 1883 and built under the direction of James Roebling (chief engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge) , the Brooklyn Bridge, also a suspension bridge, is still standing today. Why?
3. Still standing today
As Jon Bentley (computer scientist) explains, "Roebling had sense enough to know what he didn't know." He designed the bridge to carry a load six times what current engineering technology dictated. Bentley, J. (1986). Programming pearls. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley., 63-64.
Why is the Brooklyn Bridge still standing today, while most suspension bridges of the time have long since fallen? How does this relate to software?
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