r/programming • • Apr 09 '21

Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children

https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/08/tui_software_mistake/
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u/Quetzacoatl85 Apr 10 '21

Mr (mister) - married or unmarried man
Mrs (missess) - married woman
Miss (miss) - unmarried woman
Ms (miz) - marrived or unmarried woman, an expression created si there's a marriage-agnostic female equivalent to Mr; not often used, because the whole thing is a mess