Technical Perspective: A compiler's story.

The article discusses the means by which computer scientists verify that computer programs are without error, without bugs, proven correct, and formally verified. It references the article "Formal Verification of a Realistic Compiler," by Xavier Leroy in the same issue. Also discussed are computer c...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 7; pp. 106 - 107
Main Author: Morrisett, Greg
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2009
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        Compilers (Computer programs)
        Quality control
        Debugging
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          Quality control
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