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well if I read you correctly he IS making a good point:

> 2) Projects with people inexperienced in formal methods (most projects today)

which is exactly what matters and what adds a lot of time to dev.

1) cannot be addressed by formal method and is one of the most important things when building software.




It’s a temporary problem, not a permanent problem. People need training and practice. I’d expect most people were slower when first using unit tests or TDD than they are today. It takes time to build that experience into the industry but it’s hardly an impossible problem. Especially as the tooling (PlusCal, Alloy) for lighter weight formal methods gets better and more accessible.




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