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In a recent article [1], David Parnas questions the traditional use of formal methods in software development, which he considers an underdeveloped body of knowledge and therefore of little hope for the software industry. He confronts the reader with the following statement, at some stage: "We must learn to use mathematics in software development, but we need to question, and be prepared to discard, most of the methods that we have been discussing and promoting for all these years." At the core of Parnas objections we find the contrast between the current ad-hoc (re)invention of mathematical concepts which are cumbersome and a burden to use and elegant (and therefore useful) concepts which are neglected, often for cultural or (lack of) background reasons.