7
Design by Proof Rules
Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should understand:
- How to design correct programs using proof rules
- The importance of pre- and post-conditions in arguing about programs
- How to select appropriate program statement types based on proof rules
- The correct design of program Loops using proof rules
- The implications of strict, ordinary and complete pre-conditions
In a room full of top software designers, if any two of them agree, that’s a majority.
—Bill Curtis
Computers do not solve problems, they execute solutions.
—Laurent Gasser
Chapter Outline
Get Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 2nd Edition by Pearson now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
