>> Not if the programmer was hired for his independent expertise rather than be told what to do, and how to do it, by higher-ups. That's a a common arrangement in small companies.
> 1. That does not excuse software from a proper code review process, in fact any reasonable software company ...
You changed the subject. The original subject was whether a programmer could be held accountable for a bug in a computer program. The answer is yes, under civil law, that can happen.
There are companies whose computer science departments consist of one person, which was my example, and in such a case, there is no company-wide software review process, because -- as I already said -- the computer science department consists of one person working alone.
> 1. That does not excuse software from a proper code review process, in fact any reasonable software company ...
You changed the subject. The original subject was whether a programmer could be held accountable for a bug in a computer program. The answer is yes, under civil law, that can happen.
There are companies whose computer science departments consist of one person, which was my example, and in such a case, there is no company-wide software review process, because -- as I already said -- the computer science department consists of one person working alone.
Feel free to change the subject if you want.