Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that they have extremely strict standards at NASA, to the point that multiple reviews are mandatory on even single line chang

Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that they have extremely strict standards at NASA, to the point that multiple reviews are mandatory on even single line changes for mission critical systems. Here's an example: http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P10.pdf http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P10.pdf And another: http://lars-lab.jpl.nasa.gov/JPL_Coding_Standard_C.pdf http://lars-lab.jpl.nasa.gov/JPL_Coding_Standard_C.pdf Dunno how closely these are followed in day-to-day operations, but they clearly put some thought into it.