Formal Methods after 15 Years: Status and Trends (Paper based on contributions of the panelists at the FORmal TEchnique '95, Conference, Montreal, October 1995)

ion will be essential features. For others, the need will be the validation of some specific mechanism within a complex system. The availability of efficient tools able to deal with the problem complexity will be a key issue. Finally, others might like to consider formal methods as a means of automating the coding phase of a complex system. The quality of the produced code, in terms of memory occupation and response time, will be a key factor in the assessment of the formal approach selected.