A comparison of tools for teaching formal software verification

Ingo Feinerer (1) , Gernot Salzer (1)

1 Institut für Computersprachen

We compare four tools regarding their suitability for teaching formal software verification, namely the Frege Program Prover, the system, Perfect Developer, and the Prototype Verification System (). We evaluate them on a suite of small programs, which are typical of courses dealing with Hoare-style verification, weakest preconditions, or dynamic logic. Finally we report our experiences with using Perfect Developer in class.

Mots clés: Formal software verification; Frege Program Prover; system; Perfect developer; Prototype verification system

Ingo Feinerer, Gernot Salzer. A comparison of tools for teaching formal software verification. Formal Aspects of Computing, 2008, 21 (3), pp.293-301. ⟨10.1007/s00165-008-0084-5⟩. ⟨hal-00477907⟩