Quote: (Originally Posted by
Genesis)
Actually, if I recall correctly, you publsh(ed) pseudocode, which is not "source" in the sense of the word that computer engineers (software and hardware) see it.
It is Metacode. It generates C code and Machine executable code, as well as Verilog, at the press of the appropriate buttons.
As regards forcing others off the market, that is not the objective, and is very unlikely. What should happen is higher standards of safety design get put into products as upgrades, and the old ones fall away. However, I do believe that unless companies get their act together on this, some products will be forced off the market, just as CE regulations have forced many rebreathers off the European market because they do not comply with a standard EN14143, designed for safety. EN61508 has the same weight as EN14143 for eCCRs, and no-one is meeting it. This is not a bad thing: I for one do not like buying a rebreather only to find it has a series critical failures in the first few weeks - this was the score. I mean failures like the computer hanging, that will kill some people in a population of users, and certainly spoiled my dive.
Cheers
Alex