safety-critical

What is the best resource for learning about Safety Critical Systems Development (C/C++)

I'm looking to locate a good resource (book or otherwise) on safety critical systems development techniques/methodologies, especially something that will cover both hardware and software . I have a sound working knowledge of C/C++, so even if it is just code on SourceForge etc I would still appreciate a link to it to have a browse. Than...

Is Agile programming too... ad hoc for safety-critical systems?

For example, would it be incredibly dangerous to do it for avionics software? Note, I don't completely understand Agile. ...

Best language for safety-critical software

If you were going to write some safety-critical software, what language would you prefer and why? ...

Patterns for Safety Critical Systems

What are good resources describing process, architecture, and design patterns for developing safety-critical systems? ...

What are software practices in mission-critical industries (e.g. nuclear power plant)?

Edit What software practices are being used in mission-critical industries where safety is paramount? For example nuclear power plant. Update Originally this question was: How would you develop software for a nuclear plant? I have changed it to save good answers. I'm also making this question community wiki. Please help to word it bette...

Display Systesm in Safety critical embedded systems resources required

I am looking out for resources that can answer following questions of mine. Where exactly does the display systems in SC ERTS architecture fit in. What is the difference between SC display systems and normal ones? What roles does hardware and software play in display systems? I got to prepare a detailed survey of display systems for...

Safety using $_SERVER variables

Hi all, I'm working on a system that relies in $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to get the user address and check it against a white list of addresses. Is this approach safe? Or is there a way of forcing values in superglobal variables? Thank you, Diogo ...

Algorithmic trading software safety guards

I'm working on an automatic trading system. What sorts of safe-guards should I have in place? The main idea I have is to have multiple pieces checking each other. I will have a second independent little process which will also connect to the same trading account and monitor simple things, like ensuring the total net position does not g...