[Cryptography] The Case for Formal Verification

[Derek Jones]

Perry E. Metzger <perry <at> piermont.com> writes:

> CompCert is a fine counterexample, a formally verified C compiler:
> http://compcert.inria.fr/
> It works by having a formal spec for C, and a formal spec for the
> machine language output. The theorem they prove is that the

The claim of CompCert being a formally verified C compiler is wildly overstated:
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2013/03/10/verified-compilers-and-soap-powder-advertising/

It is a good start, but they still have lots of work to do.