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AI Smackdown – Siri vs Eliza

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

Angry vintage tin toy robots, artificial intelligence

John McCarthy, creator of LISP, and father of modern artificial intelligence (AI) died today. He was one of the first guys to work seriously...

Your Two Cents About What Went Wrong With Static Analysis

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

I’ve gotten a lot of interesting feedback on the What Went Wrong with Static Analysis? post. So many people had their ideas about what...

Dennis Ritchie… Father of C, UNIX, and Much, Much More

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

I just posted a brief note about Dennis Ritchie at the Parasoft Blog. You can read about this amazing man who helped create C...

What is Static Analysis… and What is it Good For?

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

As I talk to people about static analysis, I get a lot of questions and it seems that static analysis means different things to...

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CAN (Controller Area Network): Controller Area Network aka CAN aka CAN Bus is a wiring standard for vehicles that enables communication between various components and devices without having a host computer. For example doors, brakes, transmission.
flow analysis: A form of static analysis that works by analyzing software by tracing data flows and paths that might be used when running the application. It can find weaknesses, but is subject to false positive results because the paths and data it finds my be improbable or impossible.
code review: Code review is a process where programmers look at each others code and evaluate it's fitness for the intended purpose. It can find mistakes in design and implementation beyond simple syntax problems and improve quality.
peer code review (code review): Code review is a process where programmers look at each others code and evaluate it's fitness for the intended purpose. It can find mistakes in design and implementation beyond simple syntax problems and improve quality.
peer review (code review): Code review is a process where programmers look at each others code and evaluate it's fitness for the intended purpose. It can find mistakes in design and implementation beyond simple syntax problems and improve quality.
static code analysis (4G): The 4th generation of cellular wireless standards - it's the successor the 3G. There is a vast difference between how carriers interpret and implement 4G at the current time, ranging from HSPA to WiMax to LTE, each has difference performance characteristics. The standard requires peak data rates from 100 Mbit/s for high mobility to 1Gbit/s for low mobility.
static code analysis (early-adopter): Someone who likes to have the latest and greatest things. They upgrade because something is newer, bigger, faster, has better numbers, etc. Sometimes they're right, but frequently the benefit of the new numbers is not measurable.
static code analysis (pattern-based analysis): A form of static analysis where patterns of either good or bad code are stored as rules and compared against a code base without executing the code, to find potential violations.
static analysis: Any form of software analysis that can be done on the code without actually executing the code. Encompasses techniques like pattern-based analysis, metrics, code review, etc.
static code analysis (static analysis): Any form of software analysis that can be done on the code without actually executing the code. Encompasses techniques like pattern-based analysis, metrics, code review, etc.