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jayaprabhakar | 1 year ago

One issue with the current proponents of formal methods is, they want to claim others who don't use formal methods as "lazy" or "dumb" and want to claim their superiority because they "do the right thing" and "mastered a complex language".

Some of them (not all, I know a few good ones) are, actually one trick pony. For example, ask them about other formal methods systems they learnt or tried in the recent years, they would claim they are "too busy" to learn anything new.

Recent easier to use formal methods: 1. FizzBee (Uses Python dialect, almost reads like pseudo code) 2. Quint: Another formal language with easier to use syntax 3. P: Use syntax similar to C# users.

The author of the posted article himself posted another article that Formal methods solves only half his problems (https://brooker.co.za/blog/2022/06/02/formal.html) But the problem he mentioned is actually solved by PRISM (It is not new). But Brooker just won'd bother to look around or learn.

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