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Comment by taco_emoji

1 day ago

Long story short: no.

Long story: yes, but it'd take centuries to verify all possible inputs, at least for any non-trivial programs.

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black_knight  1 day ago

Proofs of correctness is a thing. If you prove something correct you don’t have to test every input. It just takes a big effort to design the program this way. And must be done from the beginning.

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