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by win311fwg 2 days ago
Understood. In dynamic verification, does that same line hold? Or would you say it is it unique to formal verification? If so, why?
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First I've heard of "dynamic verification" tbh. Is that just everything that isn't static analysis? Not sure I understand the question!
You may also know of it as standard verification or empirical verification. Regardless of the name, I am sure you can understand the concept as it is exactly of the same intent as formal verification (e.g. you might seek to ensure that a value is an integer between 1 and 10), but absent the formal methods. Of course, just as you can seek to verify that a value is between 1 and 10 you can also simply verify that a value is an integer.

Therefore the possibility of the same dividing line exists in that space as well, but I was wondering if you recognize the same dividing line there, or if it is unique to where formal methods are used?