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Re: [computer-go] Exact number of goban configurations.



In message <6.0.1.1.0.20050124193402.026f9dd8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tom Cooper <t.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes


Jeffrey Rainy wrote:
> Do you think I could compare my code with
yours, to find my bug ?
What a terrible suggestion! The proper method is to publish each
program's algorithm and provide a formal proof why the algorithm
(and then its implementation) would be correct.

--
robert jasiek

Does anyone actually use formal proofs of correctness to debug code?
Is it really a practical method of getting rid of all bugs?
I'm fairly sure that Robert was joking.

Nick
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