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Date:      Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:16:43 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_main.c kern_malloc.c md5c.c subr_autoconf.c subr_mbuf.c subr_prf.c tty_subr.c vfs_cluster.c vfs_subr.c
Message-ID:  <20030727121643.6daa5486.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <62161.1059300156@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <20030727115457.553f1df7.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <62161.1059300156@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 12:02:36 +0200
"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

> >Are you talking about e.g. model checking? After Aug 2 I plan to look at
> >porting 2 major open source model checkers.
> 
> I don't think you could have gotten an accountant to explain what
> a spread-sheet would do back in the days before VisiCalc, but once
> the idea was out, everybody could see that it was brilliant.
> 
> If I knew what the tools were, I would have been busy writing them
> years ago, but unfortunately, I don't seem to be the one destined
> to invent the programmers spread-sheet.

http://www.uppaal.com/

I think it would allow to test the locking assumptions (if you have a
model of the kernel...).

Bye,
Alexander.

-- 
            The dark ages were caused by the Y1K problem.

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