Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!emory!hubcap!steve From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson-Moderator) Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Reasons why you don't prove your programs are correct Message-ID: <7599@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 8 Jan 90 17:55:53 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu Lines: 10 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu I'm trying to discover the real reason why people do not prove their programs are correct. I would like to collect those reasons --- even those snappy one liners that we all use as excuses. Please forward your comments ( short flames ok) to me by E-mail. I'll post the replies if there is sufficient interest. Thanks. Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906