Formal Methods and the Future of Programming
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Jane Street, long skeptical of formal methods due to high costs, is now building a dedicated team to explore them — and agentic coding is the reason. AI-generated code creates a verification bottleneck that formal methods could help solve, while agents also benefit from the universal guarantees proofs provide. Jane Street's control over OxCaml and its type-system-savvy developer culture make it uniquely positioned to pursue this.
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