Fedora 8 Update: why-2.14-2.fc8.1

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-7094
2008-08-07 21:20:23
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Name        : why
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.14
Release     : 2.fc8.1
URL         : http://why.lri.fr/
Summary     : Why software verification platform
Description :
Why is a software verification platform that applies formal proving
tools to annotated programs. It is currently capable of analysis of C
(through the included tool "Caduceus"), Java (through the included
tool "Krakatoa"), and potentially ML programs with some modification
into Why's own ML-like language. Furthermore, Why is capable of
analysis of any program that is mapped onto its own internal
language. It uses a weakest precondition involving calculus to
generate potential theorems necessary for the proof of a program's
correctness. It translates these theorems into formats that can be
used by external proof assistants (without any extra work, Coq, PVS,
HOL Light, Mizar are supported - having one is recommended and Coq is
packaged for Fedora) and automated theorem provers (without any extra
work, Simplify, Alt-Ergo, Yices, Z3, CVC Lite, Zenon are supported and
Zenon is packaged for Fedora) so that these results can be externally
proven, resulting in a proof of program correctness.

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Update Information:

Why is a software verification platform that applies formal proving tools to
annotated programs. It is currently capable of analysis of C (through the
included tool "Caduceus"), Java (through the included tool "Krakatoa"), and
potentially ML programs with some modification into Why's own ML-like language.
Furthermore, Why is capable of analysis of any program that is mapped onto its
own internal language. It uses a weakest precondition involving calculus to
generate potential theorems necessary for the proof of a program's correctness.
It translates these theorems into formats that can be used by external proof
assistants (without any extra work, Coq, PVS, HOL Light, Mizar are supported -
having one is recommended and Coq is packaged for Fedora) and automated theorem
provers (without any extra work, Simplify, Alt-Ergo, Yices, Z3, CVC Lite, Zenon
are supported and Zenon is packaged for Fedora) so that these results can be
externally proven, resulting in a proof of program correctness.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #456398 - Review Request: why - Why software verification platform
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456398
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update why' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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