11.4 Programming for reliability
I have deliberately focused in this book on programming-language independent aspects of software engineering. It is almost impossible to discuss programming without getting into the details of a specific programming language. However, when considering reliability engineering, there are a set of accepted good programming practices that are fairly universal and that help reduce faults in delivered systems.
A list of eight good practice guidelines is shown in Figure 11.11. They can be applied regardless of the particular programming language used for systems development, although the way they are used depends on the specific languages and notations that are used for system development. Following these guidelines ...
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