Some comments from attendees

Safer C, Various in Holland, Spain, Austria and the US

"Best course I've attended"

"I would recommend this course"

"Every C programmer, especially in embedded systems should take it"

"Good course - thanks"

"Most entertaining and useful course I have attended"

"Provides essential information to programmers not adequately covered in normal education."

"Any S/W designer should take this course. (So should managers AND project managers.)"

"Fundamental issues in S/W development that few people think about."

"I have had many C courses, but this was by far the most important".

"I think this is a very good course"

"Very useful information on the dangers of C".

"More emphasis on workshops"

"I would advise this course for anyone working with safety-related software".

"Excellent presentation skills"

"Keep this level of quality, and don't lose your humour !"

"This course should also be given to management"

and our personal favourite:-

"People are very large in Holland. Chairs too low"

Safer C, Edinburgh

"Good course for anybody involved in C programming"

"Interesting and useful course"

"Very informative and well presented"

"Very useful arguments given with measurements to back them up !"

"Course content interesting and delivered very well"

"Course should be attended by not only software engineers but by systems and quality engineers"

"Made me consider more thoroughly things I took for granted"

"The course would of value for any C programmer"

"Very interesting, directly useful"

"Very clear, well presented, useful content"

"Informative and interesting"

"Most programmers will learn something from this course"

Safer C, Antwerp

"Good course, I learned a lot"

"I just loved it"

"Comprehensible, certainly not dull or boring"

"Very good course. It would be nice if it could be given in a non-technical form to managers and decision-makers as well."

Safer C, Heathrow

"knowledge of specific problems relevant to C and systems generally"

"good for both managers and programmers"

"The way the course was presented also makes the context generally applicable to non-C environments"

"good overview of the things a programmer should/should not do"

" I feel the course will not only help me to avoid the common pitfalls but help to have a good approach to developing applications"

"its' been very useful to see an overview of programming practices, backed up by statistics and anecdotes. Something that I can see would be difficult to get an appreciation of in your normal working environment"

"An excellent and informative course, plenty to think about"

"Fundamental knowledge to implement a reasonable degree of immediate standardisation...how bad our company policies are!"

"Useful for inexperienced C programmers or those set in their ways"

"An overview of the techniques and methods that I can apply to my department to improve quality. Data to justify the purchase of tools to allow static testing to be done automatically and the justification in cost terms for peer reviews"

"The knowledge is useful not only to managers but all software engineers trying to produce quality software"

"examples of what can go wrong, more ideas and enthusiasm for improving the program development environment"

"managers would benefit from the disaster stories, programmers would benefit from the analysis of the C language"

"methods of fault detection and the effects of different fault types were explained particularly clearly"

"sound grounding in ideas and technologies regarding how to improve the software development process"

"an appreciation of how much can be gained with a relatively minor effort"

"the course was very well thought out and informative. The lecturer was extremely knowledgeable not only in the course matter but also in the many areas touched on during free form discussions. The most impelling reason for recommending this course is the depth of background data available to support the conclusions..."

"the lecturer puts across the concepts and ideas clearly and with enthusiasm. You cannot help but be interested in what he is saying"

"the course was well prepared and of a good length. There was something for everybody form programmer to MD"

"good arguments for the use of C in safety-related systems, and appreciation of it's insecurities"

"essential background for anyone thinking of using C for safety-related systems"

"the course consolidated my knowledge of the use of C and introduced many new ideas to me"

"A fuller understanding of the reasons behind some of the 'dodgy' issues and examples of why they are problems"

Safer C, London

"Much greater understanding of the causes of defects in software, both from an implementation and project-management viewpoint"

"An excellent explanation of the reasons for conforming to a coding standard and its contents - sometimes hard to sell to an organisation!"

"Created more awareness of where application programs can be wrong or unsafe"

"An insight into the more subtle dangers of 'C'. The need to measure metrics and failures."

"I think that there are a lot of pitfalls in the 'C' language which people developing anything other than low-integrity systems should be aware of."

"A great deal of info on improving the safety of C programs. I hope to be able to suggest/apply this to (my company's) software development as well."

"I'll be recommending this course to (my company)"

Safer C, Zeist, The Netherlands

"Good, valuable course."

"Very good course with much information."

"Many problem-areas have been showed..."

"Very good course. I hope to apply certain things to my specific working situation."

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