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From: Chris Hills <chris@phaedsys.org>
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Subject: Re: Certified C compilers for safety-critical embedded systems
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:01:56 +0000
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In article <bshl7d$1gab$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu>, Chad R. Meiners
<crmeiners@hotmail.com> writes
>
>"Chris Hills" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message
>news:fUk12TA8gB7$EA$E@phaedsys.demon.co.uk...
>> I doubt it. At least not in large enough numbers to justify it
>> especially as 61508 permits C  (subset, with coding standard and static
>> checking) to SIL-4
>>
>> In effect a SPARK-C
>
>When you says static checking, do you include static checkers that can prove
>that assertions are never volilated (within a set of assumptions)?  If so
>then your C subset with static checking might be in effect a SPARK-C.  SPARK
>supports some very nice formal verification techniques which you might be
>overlooking.

No. I was thinking about Lint initially but I am sure that some of the
better (more expensive :-) tools will test to various criteria etc and
AFAIK do what you are suggesting but I am not certain on this.  any one
using QAC or LDRA's tool like to comment?

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