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Re:Proving a Computer Program's Correctness by stcredzero on Friday October 02, 2009 @12:59PM (#857442)
You might be replying as if I'm disagreeing. If so, please re-read ancestor posts with the other spin.

In short: most of the objections people have to formal verification also apply to modeling something in software to begin with.

Re:Proving a Computer Program's Correctness by gdp on Friday October 02, 2009 @03:15PM (#857772)
No, I wasn't suggesting you were disagreeing, I was simply responding to your hypothetical disagreement that some might argue. My counter-argument could be just as applicable to any of the people who have professed similar beliefs to the ones you speculated that some may hold.
Re:Proving a Computer Program's Correctness by stcredzero on Friday October 02, 2009 @03:48PM (#857858)
It's not so hypothetical. It's more the typical response of a programmer when formal methods come up. But I meant it as an observation of typical reactions, not as a hypothetical debate.