[OT[ proving programs for novices

[Hamilton Richards]

At 7:19 PM -0700 3/17/03, Chris Moline wrote:
>hi. this isnt a haskell question but i am hoping you will forgive it.
>
>i was wondering where i could find books/websites/tutorials on how to
>construct proofs and how to prove programs. preferably books that are
>aimed at novices with some programming experience but little math/logic
>experience.

For imperative programming:

	D. Gries, The Science of Programming. Springer Verlag, New York, 1981.

	E.W. Dijkstra, A Discipline of Programming. Prentice-Hall, 1975.

For functional programming:

	R. Bird, Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell,
	2nd edition. Prentice-Hall, 1998.

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