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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Problems with proofs
Date: 1995/04/19
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Date: 1995-04-19T00:00:00+00:00
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Brian says:

"Well then I think they should call it "proof of conformance to specification"
rather than "proof of correctness"!"

Indeed! if this phrase had been used consistently, perhaps a lot of oversell
and overexpectation could have been avoided. Anyway, just remember that
when you se someone talking about POC they do indeed mean nothing more
than POCTS.