A comparison of tools for teaching formal software verification

Authors:
Ingo Feinerer;Gernot Salzer
Affiliations:
Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Computersprachen, Favoritenstr. 9/E185, 1040, Vienna, Austria;Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Computersprachen, Favoritenstr. 9/E185, 1040, Vienna, Austria
Venue:
Formal Aspects of Computing
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We compare four tools regarding their suitability for teaching formal software verification, namely the Frege Program Prover, the Key system, Perfect Developer, and the Prototype Verification System (PVS). 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.