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Re:MIT develops new tool that can interrupt infinite loops by wisty on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @03:24AM (#2840157)
Well, you won't always be able to prove that it never raises. In many cases, you can, which is why compilers can eliminate dead code. Sometimes the compiler can prove the code is dead, sometimes it can prove the code is live, and sometimes it just doesn't know. For any prover, there will be code that defeats it.

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