Re: Virtual Machines, JVM in kernel, hot-swapped kernel

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 19:48:59 +0200


Hello,

> Proving that the code is correct is the hard part (np-complete), but a
> user-level problem. But if I remember correctly, it is possible to
> automate the process for limited problems such as packet-filters.

Verifying of algorithms is not NP complete as it isn't even algorithmically
solvable (as a subtask, you need to solve the Halting problem).

Have a nice fortnight

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