&gt; Maybe statistical correctness is okay for scripting languages, but for the lowest levels of an operating system, or any mission critical application or service, this isn’t an appropriate solution. I hope this isn’t controversial.<p>I would say that in any case, statistical correctness is all you can have.  It&#x27;s a bit of a nitpick, though, as it certainly doesn&#x27;t mean that it can&#x27;t be some orders of magnitude more likely.<p>(Which point the author seems to make, himself, later in the essay.)