First machine-checked OS kernel

2009-08-20 Thread Kagamin
http://www.nicta.com.au/news/home_page_content_listing/world-first_research_breakthrough_promises_safety-critical_software_of_unprecedented_reliability NICTA announced the completion of the world’s first formal machine-checked proof of a general-purpose operating system kernel, promising safety-c

Re: First machine-checked OS kernel

2009-08-20 Thread davidl
在 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:56:24 +0800,Kagamin 写道: http://www.nicta.com.au/news/home_page_content_listing/world-first_research_breakthrough_promises_safety-critical_software_of_unprecedented_reliability NICTA announced the completion of the world’s first formal machine-checked proof of a general-

Re: First machine-checked OS kernel

2009-08-20 Thread Kagamin
davidl Wrote: > If so, they may need to further proof the compiler always > generate correct binaries. And that the processor doesn't have flaws either. This is what's called an unprecedented level of reliability, I believe.

Re: First machine-checked OS kernel

2009-08-20 Thread Mattias Holm
Kagamin wrote: NICTA announced the completion of the world’s first formal machine-checked proof of a general-purpose operating system kernel, promising safety-critical software of unprecedented levels of reliability. Yes, sort of what they proved was that the implementation was inline with t