From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: Categories for SPARK on Rosetta Code (Was: SPARK : third example for Roesetta - reviewers welcome)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:36:40 +0200
Date: 2010-08-20T13:36:40+02:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <1y0wcz3etd5au.1kgyc5ls0w5kk$.dlg@40tude.net>
Le 20/08/2010 12:24, Dmitry A. Kazakov a �crit :
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:55:43 +0200, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>
>> Le 20/08/2010 11:23, Dmitry A. Kazakov a �crit :
>>>> What about "supports formal analysis" ?
>>>
>>> That provokes the question - analysis of what?
>>>
>> Of the code, for sure ;-)
>
> Doesn't C has code?
Sure, it's even close to machine code ;-)
> Can't it be analyzed formally?
No. As soon as you have address arithmetic, no semantic can be
guaranteed. Well, it depends on what you call "formally" TBH.
[...]
>> The important parts here is "supports" (as opposed to "allows"), i.e.
>> the language includes features intended only for formal analysis,
>> without any effect on the generated code.
>>
>> I guess Eiffel would qualify too.
>
> Only because the keyword "static" was lost. Dynamic formal analysis is
> certainly possible and useful too, but it relates to the language in the
> same way morbid anatomy does to therapy.
>
> BTW, "without any effect on the generated code" would disqualify Eiffel
> anyway.
>
I thought about that after I sent the message. I really meant "without
any semantic effect on the generated code (in the absence of violations)"
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2010-08-15 6:17 SPARK : third example for Roesetta - reviewers welcome Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 6:27 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 6:35 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-08-15 6:39 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 18:42 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-15 19:32 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 20:12 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-16 10:08 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-08-15 19:57 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 20:07 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 20:57 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 22:19 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-16 5:51 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-16 16:42 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-16 17:07 ` Mark Lorenzen
2010-08-15 22:09 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-08-15 22:27 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-16 4:58 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-16 7:50 ` Stephen Leake
2010-08-16 8:37 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-16 16:55 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-16 20:40 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-08-16 22:38 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-16 23:43 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-08-17 9:15 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-17 10:32 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-08-17 19:53 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-17 22:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-18 10:44 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-18 16:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-19 6:19 ` Categories for SPARK on Rosetta Code (Was: SPARK : third example for Roesetta - reviewers welcome) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-08-20 8:40 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-20 9:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-08-20 9:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-20 9:55 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-08-20 10:24 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-20 11:36 ` J-P. Rosen [this message]
2010-08-20 12:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-20 13:28 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-08-20 14:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-20 16:23 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-08-20 16:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-20 15:34 ` (see below)
2010-08-20 16:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-22 8:11 ` Categories for SPARK on Rosetta Code Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-08-22 8:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-08-20 8:37 ` SPARK : third example for Roesetta - reviewers welcome Phil Thornley
2010-08-17 8:16 ` How to structure examples for Rosetta Code (Was: SPARK : third example for Roesetta - reviewers welcome) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-08-17 19:16 ` How to structure examples for Rosetta Code Simon Wright
2010-08-17 20:53 ` Peter C. Chapin
2010-08-17 21:24 ` Simon Wright
2010-08-17 2:07 ` SPARK : third example for Roesetta - reviewers welcome Stephen Leake
2010-08-16 4:41 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-16 17:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 20:04 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-08-15 20:19 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-15 21:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-08-15 22:13 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-08-16 4:29 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-16 17:11 ` Phil Thornley
2010-08-20 9:06 ` Phil Thornley
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