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by dfabulich 2632 days ago
That's static analysis, but not symbolic execution. Looking at the JavaScript section, you can't do any of the stuff described in the article with JSLint.
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Abstract interpretation is a wider concept than symbolic execution; check the post in the top thread answered by user mjn to get more info; the fb and mozilla ones seem to focus on more mainstream languages.
The parent said "static analysis" tools. That's what I gave them.