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FWIW here's an article that just came out in IEEE Spectrum, by a
programmer and private pilot pontificating about the 737 software and
MCAS.  I don't have the impression that it's a good article from an
paviation standpoint but don't know enough about the topic to be sure.

Anyway, here it is, since it has been getting some attention:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-737-max-disaster-looks-to-a-software-developer