Comment Re:I really hope... (Score 1) 544
Hydrogen, time. http://xkcd.com/1123/
Submission + - Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee (nature.com)
eternaldoctorwho writes: Research has been underway to produce a coffee bean plant that naturally has no or little caffeine content. Now, it looks like that might become a reality in the near future: Paulo Mazzafera of the University of Campinas in Brazi has come closer than ever with a strain containing "only 2% of normal caffeine levels". Coffee anyone?
Comment Re:Of course they can work (Score 1) 345
Well I'm coding for an embedded linux environment in C and C++, so java tools won't help. I am more interested in the tools that can generate a call-stack and trace through the execution path to show you how a null-pointer dereference might come about.
I was looking at Klockwork Insight, but the price tag is practically my salary for the number of licenses we would need. Has anyone worked with that tool specifically?
Submission + - Do Static Source Code Analysis Tools Really Work?
jlunavtgrad writes: I recently attended an embedded engineering conference and was surprised at how many vendors were selling tools to analyze source code and scan for bugs, without ever running the code. These static software analysis tools claim they can catch NULL pointer dereferences, buffer overflow vulnerabilities, race conditions and memory leaks. Ive heard of Lint and its limitations, but it seems that this newer generation of tools could change the face of software development. Or, could this be just another trend? Has anyone in the Slashdot community used similar tools on their code? What kind of changes did the tools bring about in your testing cycle? And most importantly, did the results justify the expense?
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