16. An infusion pump assembly comprising: a reservoir assembly configured to contain an infusible fluid; a motor assembly configured to act upon the reservoir assembly and dispense at least a portion of the infusible fluid contained within the reservoir assembly; processing logic configured to control the motor assembly; wherein the processing logic includes: one or more circuit partitioning components configured to divide the processing logic into primary processing logic and backup processing logic; a primary microprocessor included within the primary processing logic and configured to execute one or more primary applications written in a first computer language; and a safety microprocessor included within the backup processing logic and configured to execute one or more safety applications written in a second computer language that is different than the first computer language.
16. An infusion pump assembly comprising: a reservoir assembly configured to contain an infusible fluid; a motor assembly configured to act upon the reservoir assembly and dispense at least a portion of the infusible fluid contained within the reservoir assembly; processing logic configured to control the motor assembly; wherein the processing logic includes: one or more circuit partitioning components configured to divide the processing logic into primary processing logic and backup processing logic; a primary microprocessor included within the primary processing logic and configured to execute one or more primary applications written in a first computer language; and a safety microprocessor included within the backup processing logic and configured to execute one or more safety applications written in a second computer language that is different than the first computer language. 19. The infusion pump assembly of claim 16 further comprising: a primary power supply configured to provide primary electrical energy to at least a portion of the processing logic; and a backup power supply configured to provide backup electrical energy to the at least a portion of the processing logic in the event that the primary power supply fails to provide the primary electrical energy to the at least a portion of the processing logic.