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Yet it took up all these years until clang for anyone to start taking static analysis seriously in C In some circles maybe, but some industries have decades of
by EliRivers 9y ago
Yet it took up all these years until clang for anyone to start taking static analysis seriously in C
In some circles maybe, but some industries have decades of experience applying static analysers to their C code, and companies have been selling static analysers throughout.
- pjmlp 9y agoOutside industries where MISRA-C is part of the daily vocabulary, I never seen any appreciation for C static analysers.
- 99812831 9y agoThat is because you spend your whole day on HN instead of programming. CPython for example is checked by coverity.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoSome embedded systems places do this, even ones that are not safety-critical. It's more common as the level of concern rises. Medical instruments, for example, aren't MISRA, but at least some of them run static analyzers on C/C++ code. (All should...)