From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bd26858f84fa9d43 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-24 01:45:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: hfrumblefoot@yahoo.com (Hambut) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: New white paper available on www.sparkada.com Date: 24 Sep 2001 01:45:47 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.131.227.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1001321148 27345 127.0.0.1 (24 Sep 2001 08:45:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Sep 2001 08:45:48 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13277 Date: 2001-09-24T08:45:48+00:00 List-Id: Thanks, this is very interesting Rod. Do you have any links to description of what Abstract Interpretation is - i.e. what is it based on? This would help me to better understand the points you make in the white paper. Cheers, Hambut. rod@praxis-cs.co.uk (Rod Chapman) wrote in message news:... > A new white paper entitled "SPARK and Abstract Interpretation" > is now available for download on www.sparkada.com > > The introduction reads: > > "Recently, there has been significant interest in the use of Abstract > Interpretation (AI) technology in the static analysis of critical > software. A number of AI-based tools exist, but some of their marketing > suffers from a level of hyperbole that is at best optimistic, and > at worst somewhat irresponsible. > > There have also been some attempts to compare AI-based static analysis > tools with the analysis implemented by the SPARK language and the SPARK > Examiner toolset. The aim of this white paper is to dispel some of the > common myths and to avoid potential confusion with customers." > > I'm sure many readers of c.l.a might be interested in this. > > Yours, > Rod Chapman > SPARK Team > Praxis Critical Systems > sparkinfo@praxis-cs.co.uk