On 10/24/2023 7:37 PM, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
On 2023-10-24, Thomas Passin via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:

Something less ambitious than a full proof of correctness of an
arbitrary program can sometimes be achieved.  The programming team
for the Apollo moon mission developed a system which, if you would
write your requirements in a certain way, could generate correct C
code for them.

Er, what?

C didnt' exist until after the Apollo program was done.

FORTRAN, perhaps?


Sorry, I mixed myself up. The head of the team continued to develop the techniques and market them. It's todays's version that can output C (going from memory a few years old here). Sorry to have confused everyone and myself.

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