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Presented are successful efforts in proving that computer programs are correct. Included are (i) the methods used, (ii) the wide class of programs (including systems programs) that have been proved, and (iii) implemented computer systems for demonstrating correctness. There is also a partially annotated bibliography.
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Ralph L. London (1972) studied this question.