Coding Blocks
Code Confidence using NASA’s Ten Simple Rules
Oct 2, 2023
In this podcast, the hosts discuss NASA's 'Power of Ten' rules for writing safety-critical code. They cover topics such as simple control flow, limiting loops, and not using the heap. They emphasize the benefits of using stack memory and avoiding the heap, including eliminating memory bugs. The podcast also includes casual conversations, discussions on podcast reviews and store name origins, mental blocks, and choosing computer science as a category for a quiz game.
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- NASA's Power of 10 rules provide guidelines for writing space-proof code, including simple control flow, limiting loops, and avoiding heap memory.
- By adhering to NASA's Power of 10 rules, developers can ensure code reliability and performance in critical space missions.
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NASA's Power of 10 rules for writing space-proof code
NASA has a set of rules called the Power of 10 to help developers write space-proof code for robots that operate in space. Examples of these rules include using simple control flow and avoiding recursion, limiting loops to a fixed upper bound, not using heap memory, limiting the size of functions, hiding data by declaring variables as close as possible to where they are used, restricting pointer use and avoiding function pointers, compiling in pedantic mode by treating warnings as errors, and extensively analyzing and testing code to ensure its reliability in the harsh conditions of space.
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