This comprehensive and highly readable textbook teaches how to formally reason about computer programs using an incremental approach and the verification-aware programming language Dafny. K. Rustan M. Leino show students what it means to write specifications for programs, what it means for programs to satisfy those specifications, and how to write proofs that connect specifications and programs.

Leino then gradually builds up to complex concepts and applications, until students are facing real programs using objects, data structures, and non-trivial recursion. To emphasize the practical nature of program proofs, all material and examples use the verification-aware programming language Dafny, but no previous knowledge of Dafny is assumed.

Author: K. Rustan M. Leino
Publisher: MIT Press
Date: March 2023
Pages: 496
ISBN: 978-0262546232
Print: 026254623X
Kindle:B0B5CR551V
Audience: General
Level: Intermediate
Category:Theory & Techniques

 

• Written in a highly readable and student-friendly style
• Builds up to complex concepts in an incremental manner
• Comprehensively covers how to write proofs and how to specify and verify both functional programs and imperative programs
• Uses real program text from a real programming language, not psuedo code
• Features engaging illustrations and hands-on learning exercises

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