Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliven.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!mhuxh!mhuxi!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sun!idi!oliven!albert From: albert@oliven.UUCP (LuigiAlberto Piodisavoia) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Formal Proofs of Operating System Message-ID: <801@oliven.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 14:30:58 EST Article-I.D.: oliven.801 Posted: Thu Feb 7 14:30:58 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 09:03:15 EST Organization: Olivetti ATC, Cupertino, Ca Lines: 15 I have recently heard of a paper which described a methodoloy for providing a 'mathematical' proof of the correctness of an operating system, unfortunately my source did not have more information about this paper than the brief abstract I have just typed. I would appreciate any information regarding formal treatments of operating systems, compilers etc. I will post a summary of all work on the net. Alberto Savoia @ Olivetti Advanced Technology Center