High Integrity Software: The SPARK Approach to Safety and Security

by John Barnes

This book provides an accessible introduction to the SPARK programming language. The SPARK language is aimed at writing reliable software that combines simplicity and rigour within a practical framework. Because of this, many safety-critical, high integrity systems are developed using SPARK. User Intermediate Software engineers, programmers, technical leaders, software managers. Engineering companies in fields such as avionics, railroads, medical instrumentation and automobiles. Academics giving MSc courses in Safety Critical Systems Engineering, System Safety Engineering, Software Engineering. Author John Barnes is a veteran of the computing industry. In 1977 he designed and implemented the RTL/2 programming language and was an original member of the ADA programming language design team. He was founder and MD of Alsys Ltd from 1985 to 1991. Currently self employed, John is the author of 'Programming in ADA' which has sold 150000 copies and been translated into 6 languages.

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

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John Gilbert Presslie Barnes is a British computer scientist, known for his involvement in developing the Ada programming language.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit outdated now that Altran Praxis and AdaCore released SPARK 2005 (which adds more Ada 2005 features). However, it still covers the majority of code used/needed to write SPARK programs. The prose is written in a way that allows the user to start using the SPARK toolset if they already know at least a beginner's level of Ada (of which SPARK is based on).