Free tools to check compliance with MISRA C?

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Vladimir Keleshev picture Vladimir Keleshev · Feb 18, 2011 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

Are there any open-source or free tools out there, that check the MISRA C compliance?

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Throwback1986 picture Throwback1986 · Feb 18, 2011

Relatively speaking, PC-Lint is virtually free when compared to full-blown static analysis tools with MISRA compliance checks. Furthermore, I have found that PC-Lint does a better job of reporting than those expensive (i.e. >$20,000) tools.

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