Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Virtual Machines, JVM in kernel

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Fri, 4 Sep 1998 10:23:07 +0200

> That was precisely my point: you can have a "proof" which claims "there are
> no buffer overruns in this code", but you can't verify that proof when
> working in C.

Why? You can have a C program for _generating_ proofs (given that, you would
be able to solve the Halting problem), but I see no reason for verification of
finite proofs about Turing machines being impossible in Turing-complete
languages.

Have a nice fortnight

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