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Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 21:45:45 +0200
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Le Tue, 11 May 2010 18:39:52 +0200, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57)  =

<yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> a =C3=A9crit:
> TBH, there is also some important restriction which SPARK applies to  =

> what you may use with Ada : you will not be allowed to use generics an=
d  =

> polymorphic dispatching as two examples. Why ? Just because SPARK cann=
ot  =

> make some proof based on these materials. So is SPARK useful for more
This limitation (generics) may not be always true, as it seems there are=
  =

some plans to change it : AdaCore and Praxis are working toward this.  =

Interested parties may have a look at this quick presentation :
http://mpri.master.univ-paris7.fr/stages-2010/20091104-154948/sujet-cont=
ainers.pdf

In the area of logic proof of program, this, is also interesting :
http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/pipermail/frama-c-discuss/2009-November/001=
525.html
And even more the reply :
http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/pipermail/frama-c-discuss/2009-November/001=
532.html

This latter highlight what SPARK is with a comparison to Frama-C and its=
  =

ACSL (yep, it stands for ANSI C Specification Langage).

-- =

pragma Asset ? Is that true ? Waaww... great