SOCIAL PROCESSES AND PROOFS OF THEOREMS AND PROGRAMS

被引:204
作者
DEMILLO, RA [1 ]
LIPTON, RJ [1 ]
PERLIS, AJ [1 ]
机构
[1] YALE UNIV,DEPT COMP SCI,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
关键词
formal mathematics; mathematical proofs; program specification; program verification;
D O I
10.1145/359104.359106
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
It is argued that formal verifications of programs, no matter how obtained, will not play the same key role in the development of computer science and software engineering as proofs do in mathematics. Furthermore the absence of continuity, the inevitability of change, and the complexity of specification of significantly many real programs make the formal verification process difficult to justify and manage. It is felt that ease of formal verification should not dominate program language design. © 1979, ACM. All rights reserved.
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页码:271 / 280
页数:10
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