How did software get so reliable without proof?
The work
| Title | How did software get so reliable without proof? |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Anthony Richard Hoare |
| Type | conference paper |
| Year | 1996 |
| Citekey | hoare1996how |
Where it appeared
| Published in | 3rd International Symposium of Formal Methods Europe (FME) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 1051 |
| Pages | 1--17 |
Copy held
| Kind | PDF, 188.9 kB |
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| Retrieved | 2026-08-08 |
| Held | local, for personal reference |
Where this came from
| How it got here | the agent went looking · found via bibtex |
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| First seen | 2026-08-05 |
| Standing | endorsed |
| Approved | 2026-08-08 |
Cite it as
@inproceedings{hoare1996how,
title = {How did software get so reliable without proof?},
author = {Charles Anthony Richard Hoare},
year = {1996},
booktitle = {3rd International Symposium of Formal Methods Europe (FME)},
volume = {1051},
pages = {1--17},
publisher = {Springer},
}
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