Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK
Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK by John W. McCormick and Peter C. Chapinby John W. McCormick and Peter C. Chapin
Shares rank 71 of 115 programming books by recommenders
People recommend it for complete examples and in-depth explanations of SPARK concepts for building high-integrity software.
People recommend it for complete examples and in-depth explanations of SPARK concepts for building high-integrity software.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Complete examples and in-depth concepts
“It contains complete examples, and explains the concepts pretty much in depth.”
Comment from 7 Mar 2026 in “Ada 2022”
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| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Building High Integrity Applications with SPARKby John W. McCormick and Peter C. ChapinThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Some related good books I have been studying the past few years or so.”
“It contains complete examples, and explains the concepts pretty much in depth.”
“An insight into this be read on books like”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.