Reasoning with Executable Specifications

Starting from the specification of a small imperative programming language, and the description of two program transformations on this language, we formally prove the correctness of these transformations. The formal specifications are given in a single format, and can be compiled into both executable tools and collections of definitions to reason about into a theorem prover. This work is a case study of an environment integrating executable tool generation and formal reasoning on these tools.

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