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Boogie: A Modular Reusable Verifier for Object-Oriented Programs

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A program verifier is a complex system that uses compiler technology, program semantics, property inference, verification-condition generation, automatic decision procedures, and a user interface. This paper describes the architecture of a state-of-the-art program verifier for object-oriented programs.

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Barnett, M., Chang, BY.E., DeLine, R., Jacobs, B., Leino, K.R.M. (2006). Boogie: A Modular Reusable Verifier for Object-Oriented Programs. In: de Boer, F.S., Bonsangue, M.M., Graf, S., de Roever, WP. (eds) Formal Methods for Components and Objects. FMCO 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4111. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11804192_17

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