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>most modern processors have a bunch because it's impossible to test every possible edge case a priori. Only with the sort of engineering most current CPU manu
by wyager 11y ago
>most modern processors have a bunch because it's impossible to test every possible edge case a priori.
Only with the sort of engineering most current CPU manufacturers use.
It's possible to have formally verified hardware; it's just expensive with current tech. Tools are improving, though. I suspect the next cutting edge will be the unification of functional-language-to-hardware compilers like Clash or Lambda-CCC with fully dependent languages like Agda or Idris, where you can statically verify arbitrary properties though the type system.
- throwupper247 11y agoI've just written an Idris programm that determined "your mothers phone number", hows that for arbitrary facts? (tip of the hat to xkcd.)