Any language offers the opportunity for misinterpretation, even a software one. It is entirely possible - and not uncommon - for source code to compile without error, yet fail in use. The fault may lie not with the programmer's interpretation of the language, but with the language's capabilities. Often the problem lies in underestimating those capabilities.

For this reason, various industries have developed what they consider to be 'safe' subsets of the most popular programming languages in use today, creating coding standards that are imposed upon all manufacturers in the supply chain. So powerful are these coding standards that their use is now equally prolific outside their original sectors. A prime example is the MISRA coding standard, developed by the automotive industry but gaining popularity across many vertical sectors.

Following these standards falls to the individual, but the use of PRQA's static analysis tools make that enforcement simple, effective and informative. Using QA·C & QA·C++ doesn't only provide your software development team with a simple method of checking the code they develop against a set of coding standards. They will be educated as to why those standards are important and how to develop code that will comply without question.