being a user of PCLINT for some years now (private and professional), I was thinking whether some static analysis tool could help our company to spot issues like 32 vs. 64bit discrepancies and - more ...

One of the best ways to protect your software project from avoidable bugs is the use of Java static code analysis tools. These tools can help identify and fix problematic code before it reaches ...

How exhaustive static analysis overcomes the limitations of traditional tests and static-analysis tools. How exhaustive static analysis identifies a buffer overflow by using code samples. How hardware ...

It has become standard fare for large, enterprise organizations to reach out to the open source community to fill the void between the software their projects need, and the amount of software their ...

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Static analysis works on source code and tries to identify errors based on what it can tell about the program. For example, it can highlight “dead code” that will never execute. And sometimes it can ...

Software bugs are notoriously difficult to eradicate. Traditional quality assurance techniques like testing and software inspections (sometimes called code reviews) find serious bugs, but too many ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...