Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by danielscrubs 2502 days ago
Maybe a sidetrack, but I do think CS majors will find it extremely useful to use deductive proofs when creating libraries.

Think of the implications of when you are checking for sorting libraries you have one that includes a proof that it’s working and maybe even a proof of runtime cost. As a developer you don’t need to write proofs at all as you will not deem it worthwhile. My guess is that this whole popularity contest when checking for a library will lessen considerably (how many stars does this repo have? When was it last updated?)

I’m excited for the future both as a computer scientist and developer.