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Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:46:29 +0200
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Le Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:59:58 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov  =

<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a =C3=A9crit:
> BTW, this is my concern about software certification procedures. It fa=
ct,
> they act quite as you suggested. They certify programmers, they don't =
the
> software.
What is this named =E2=80=9Csoftware certification=E2=80=9D then ? Are y=
ou sure you are  =

not talking about some non-glorious example only ? Or is it really commo=
n ?


-- =

There is even better than a pragma Assert: a SPARK --# check.
--# check C and WhoKnowWhat and YouKnowWho;
--# assert Ada;
--  i.e. forget about previous premises which leads to conclusion
--  and start with new conclusion as premise.