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From: Chris Hills <chris@phaedsys.org>
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Subject: Re: Certified C compilers for safety-critical embedded systems
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In article <aA4Hb.15723$Fg.396@lakeread01>, David Emery <demery@cox.net>
writes
>Several people have asserted the argument that the large
>number of users of a given tool implies quality in that tool.
>
>I don't buy it.  By this logic, MS Windows should be
>absolutely flawproof, and the infamous Pentium Divide bug
>should never have happened.

We are in comp.arch.embedded...... Ms Desktop tools are not relevant.
Besides AFAIK their license excludes any safety critical use.

>No amount of usage can make up for design flaws.  Popularity
>is much less about technical qualities than it is about
>marketing.  C, Windows, x86 chips have substantial market
>share, which is not the same as saying that they have
>substantial quality by design.

Correct for the desktop tools but among *Embedded* tools it does
especially where the aim is to go for the high reliability market. 

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