Thanks for your response, very interesting. Let's compare a little bit. (Taken from a PA document, a possible SW criticality categorization is... (our standards can be tailored in most cases).

Category Definition
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A        Software that if not executed, or if not correctly executed, 
         or whose anomalous behaviour can cause or contribute to a 
         system failure resulting in:

         -> Catastrophic consequences
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B        Software that if not executed, or if not correctly executed, 
         or whose anomalous behaviour can cause or contribute to a 
         system failure resulting in:

         -> Critical consequences
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
C        Software that if not executed, or if not correctly executed, 
         or whose anomalous behaviour can cause or contribute to a 
         system failure resulting in:

         -> Major consequences
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D        Software that if not executed, or if not correctly executed, 
         or whose anomalous behaviour can cause or contribute to a 
         system failure resulting in:

         -> Minor or Negligible consequences
---------------------------------------------------------------------

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I have written Perl for category D. I'm sure there is Perl category C around as well.

Cheers

Harry

In reply to Re^3: Perl in space? by dHarry
in thread Perl in space? by Dr. Zowie

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