HAWBLITZEL: So what we’re trying to address is a very simple problem where we’re trying to help developers write software that doesn’t have bugs in it. And we’re trying to provide a tool with Verus that will help developers show that their code actually behaves the way it’s supposed to; it obeys some sort of specification for what the program is supposed to do.  TINGLE: How does this publication build on or differ from other research in this field, including […]

Ever since it was released in the 1980s, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the millions of people who use it each day. It’s also the world’s most widely used programming language. Excel formulas are written by an order of magnitude more users than all the C, C++, C#, Java, and Python programmers in the world combined. Despite its success, considered as a programming language Excel has fundamental […]