TOWARD INTERACTIVE DESIGN OF CORRECT PROGRAMS

Robert W. FLOYD,     Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA

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This chapter describes an imagined interaction between a computer programmer and his machine, which might be made feasible within the next decade. It focuses on an intelligent assistant approach. The chapter also presents the earliest published description of an intelligent programming assistant. It describes an imagined interaction between a computer programmer and an intelligent program verifier assistant; such systems will be feasible within the following decade. The programmer is at an interactive console, designing a program, first in its overall outline, then by successive ...

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