Not sure how the academic languages/tools can play a role here when all these papers talk about very simple programs which are nowhere near the complexity of a

Not sure how the academic languages/tools can play a role here when all these papers talk about very simple programs which are nowhere near the complexity of a full fledge software system. On the other hand we need to understand that there is something called "management", and that is responsible for so many things like deadlines, cutting corners etc that we always end up with buggy software no matter what. Given enough time and very strong testing and verification processes you can write good software using current tools.