What is the most difficult type of software to write?

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Published on 2009-02-26T03:48:38Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 15:53 UTC
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This question just really interested me, so I got curious to know what the community thinks. What do you guys think is the most difficult type of software to write? I write government software and have found it's pretty hair-pulling, but I'm sure there are far worse things out there.

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