Article
Aug 4 '13
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in Emebedded.com by Stuart Matthews
Stuart Matthews explains how SPARK 2014 uses and extends the features of Ada 2012 for automated verification of programs.
Article
Nov 10 '10
Published
in Electronic Design by Mike Hennell and William Wong
Static and dynamic code analysis can improve application performance, safety and reliability by identifying problems early in the development cycle if the proper tools and procedures are used from the start. Dr. Mike Hennell, founder of LDRA, spoke with me about the various aspects of these types of tools.
Article
Aug 17 '10
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in Design Talk by John Greenland
Zero Defect Software Development (ZDSD) is a results-oriented process that emphasizes the analysis, testing and reporting of the causality of defects. This process, which has evolved from the commitment to providing “five-nines” (99.999%) reliability for mission-critical applications, supplants the traditional approach of reacting to undesirable effects and treating symptoms while attempting to manage verification processes using “trend analyses” or simply tracking the occurrences of defects.
Article
Apr 7 '10
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in Embedded.com by Yannick Moy
The ease with which code is analyzable depends of the language type you use.
Static analysis is becoming mainstream, with mature bug-finding tools for C and Java, including products such as Coverity Prevent, Grammatech CodeSonar, and Fortify SCA. These products limit the level of “noise” (false warnings) inherent to such tools to a minimum. However, by carefully selecting those cases for which they report a problem, these bug-finders hide the fact that they are largely uncertain about the overall correctness of the program.
Article
Feb 16 '10
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in Embedded Computing Design by Tucker Taft
Static analysis tools are becoming more integrated into the software development process. Saving data from the compiler, change history, and error information during the process instead of as a post-code step can make static analysis more productive.
Article
Feb 15 '10
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in Embedded.com by Jack Ganssle
Jack Ganssle at Embedded.com discusses the Sofcheck and AdaCore CodePeer tool in Executing software contracts; in particular he examines the tool’s ability to create contracts for subprograms.
