After a patient died of massive radiation overdose in a Therac-25 machine, the manufacturer
A) required all technicians to be retrained.
B) tested the code but could not reproduce the error.
C) found the error but did not fix it after a cost-benefit analysis.
D) All of the above

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The manufacturer tested the code but could not reproduce the error, which was a significant issue in the Therac-25 incidents. The errors were elusive and not straightforward to replicate during testing, contributing to the challenges in addressing the machine's safety problems.

After a Patient Died of Massive Radiation Overdose in a Therac-25