From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-01 04:11:13 PST Message-ID: <3CCFCC63.7988451@baesystems.com> Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 12:07:15 +0100 From: David Gillon Reply-To: David.Gillon@spamtrap.baesystems.com Organization: BAE Systems Avionics X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: rc3284.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com X-Trace: 1 May 2002 12:11:04 GMT, rc3284.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!easynet-tele!easynet-melon!easynet.net!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!rc3284.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23324 Date: 2002-05-01T12:07:15+01:00 List-Id: "Beard, Frank [Contractor]" wrote: > Does anybody remember the link to the site/agency that forbade > C from being used on mission critical or safety critical systems? > They had a paper on the site the went into the reasons. Most of > them, even if not explicitly stated, where strong typing issues. > It's been several years since I read it, and I can't remember > where. It's MISRA, the (UK) Motor Industry Software Research Association. A search should turn it up. Last time I checked the reports were downloadable as PDFs once you registered (I did, but they're on my home system so I can't check them off hand). -- David Gillon