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irishcoffeetoday at 3:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Formal verification requires a spec and a very large, very expensive amount of tooling to be developed.

My understand is that both these things are in work, and that neither of these things exist yet.


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eggytoday at 3:56 PM

Yes, and AdaCore's tooling is formally verified and produces reports already familiar to aerospace, railway, and auto auditors for verifying certifications making it attractive to this industry segment of high-integrity apps. Memory safety is taken care of mainly through the features Ada/SPARK2014 offer in creating safe, high-integrity programs, correct.

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