How did Software get so reliable without Proof? (Tony Hoare) [PDF] (6826.csail.mit.edu)

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[-] Solumbran@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Software? Reliable? What?

Why do you think places that need reliability are stuck of systems made decades and decades ago? They know that software is shit and unreliable and that you should never touch it if you have something that works.

[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Of course, you can make reliable software. What Hoare describes, has become best practices in critical applications like space and aircraft systems. And Rust is making inroads there, too.

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