Designer's Notes | What's New in Version 8.00 

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Contact: Anneliese Gimpel

PC-lint and FlexeLint for C/C++ Version 8.00

(Collegeville, PA, July 6, 2001) ... Gimpel Software announces the release of Version 8.00 of its award-winning products PC-lint for C/C++ and FlexeLint for C/C++. PC-lint/FlexeLint is a static analyzer that will analyze a mixed suite of C and C++ programs and report on bugs, glitches and inconsistencies. It aids in developing more reliable, maintainable and portable programs. It will speed program development and help to control costs by alerting the programmer to suspect code early in the cycle, when corrections can be made more easily and more economically.

This version debuts the revolutionary "Inter-function Value Tracking." The powerful inter-statement value tracking introduced in earlier versions of PC-lint/FlexeLint has been extended across function boundaries. Functions called with specific values are processed with these values used to initialize parameters. To take full advantage of inter-function tracking, a multi-pass operation has been introduced.

Version 8.00 also includes improved exception analysis, better identification of const opportunities, and improved checking for adherence to the MISRA (Motor Industry Software Reliability Association) Guidelines. There are 88 new error/warning messages and 20 new options.

PC-lint/FlexeLint Version 8.00 is upward compatible with and includes the same rigorous checking as earlier versions of the product. These checks include user-defined function semantic checking, pointer tracking, strong type checking, control-flow based analysis of variable initialization, loss of precision, strange uses of Booleans, and much more. For a more complete list of representative checks, please see our web site at www.gimpel.com

PC-lint Version 1.0 was released in May 1985, making PC-lint the longest running, continuously advertised C product in history. It has won many technical awards through the years, including the 1990 Computer Language Productivity Award, the 1991 Computer Language Jolt Award, and the 2000 Game Developer Front Line Hall of Fame Award.

PC-lint runs on Microsoft Windows NT/95/98/2000/ME, MS-DOS and OS/2. The introductory cost to license PC-lint Version 8.00 for a single workstation is $239 plus shipping. 

FlexeLint runs on all variants of Unix (HP-UX, Sun, Solaris, AIX, Linux, etc.),OS-9, VMS, MVS, VM, Mac, etc.  The cost to license FlexeLint is $998 and up.

PC-lint and FlexeLint are available directly from Gimpel Software.  Updates are available to current users at a lower cost.  All Gimpel products carry a 30-day money back guarantee. 

PC-lint and FlexeLint are trademarks of Gimpel Software