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I find this paper a rather useful antidote to Dijkstra's propaganda of formal methods, and I am puzzled why it does not get (re)published on HN nearly as often
by microtherion 15y ago
I find this paper a rather useful antidote to Dijkstra's propaganda of formal methods, and I am puzzled why it does not get (re)published on HN nearly as often as Dijkstra's essay. I believe it deserves a wider audience.
I'm not aware of any real world success story for formal methods in the 30 years since this paper was published to make me doubt its conclusions.
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