Hoare logic

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Etymology

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Proposed in 1969 by the British computer scientist and logician Tony Hoare.

Noun

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Hoare logic (countable and uncountable, plural Hoare logics)

  1. (computing theory) A formal system of rules for reasoning about the correctness of computer programs, based on Hoare triples, which describe the state of the system before and after various operations.