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We have the tags

Both seem to mean the same thing and should therefore be merged. Please vote on the two answers below which one you think should be the main tag (by upvoting).

If you think we need both tags, please add an answer with your reasoning.

Please vote until Friday, June 1st.

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  • $\begingroup$ We also have formal-methods now, which is yet another flavor of the same thing? $\endgroup$
    – Raphael Mod
    Sep 4, 2016 at 12:53
  • $\begingroup$ formal-method is broader. Program/software verification applies formal method to a model that's detailed enough to be an implementation. $\endgroup$
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Sep 4, 2016 at 13:56

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should be the main tag.

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    $\begingroup$ Would side with the first comments by Dave Clarke in the other post. Software verification as opposed to hardware verification gives a good intuition. $\endgroup$
    – Dima Chubarov
    May 26, 2012 at 6:29
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should be the main tag.

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  • $\begingroup$ I prefer this one because "software" feels a bit too wide in scope. $\endgroup$
    – Raphael Mod
    May 25, 2012 at 10:16
  • $\begingroup$ Program verification is what they did in the 80s and 90s. Software verification is what they do in the 00s and 10s. $\endgroup$
    – Dave Clarke
    May 25, 2012 at 12:52
  • $\begingroup$ @DaveClarke: Isn't that an argument to have both tags? Or do they describe the same thing? $\endgroup$
    – Raphael Mod
    May 25, 2012 at 14:29
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    $\begingroup$ It's supposed to be an argument that program verification is out of date, based on the idea that software is bigger than programs. $\endgroup$
    – Dave Clarke
    May 25, 2012 at 14:30
  • $\begingroup$ Now after talking someone who does verification, he says he prefers "program-verification". So I retract my comments. $\endgroup$
    – Dave Clarke
    May 25, 2012 at 15:01
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    $\begingroup$ While I think it would be nice if the tags had a specific and well defined meaning, for now I view the tags as a means to finding related questions and answers. As such, I think that if the wiki info for the tags is completed and that there is no clear separation between the two, then one tag should be left with a redirect to the other. I would really prefer just one, verification, but this is not a site for me but for all of us. $\endgroup$
    – Guy Coder
    Jul 26, 2012 at 12:57
  • $\begingroup$ @GuyCoder Having only verification is an option, but I don't know whether that would be too broad. I agree: program-verification and software-verification seem to be used synonymously here, so there should be only one (the other as alias). This question was to choose which should survive, but there was no clear voting result. $\endgroup$
    – Raphael Mod
    Jul 26, 2012 at 13:14
  • $\begingroup$ @Raphael I was not really voting for any of them, not even my own preference. My intent was to point out that maybe we should not focus on which one was chosen, but to point out that the tags are more of a means to an end, in this case finding related questions, and that as long as the goal was the same, the path did not matter. However for new people we should try to define them in the wiki and give redirects to the other to show that we ourselves are not sure and that both are equally valid when searching for related questions and answers. $\endgroup$
    – Guy Coder
    Jul 26, 2012 at 13:25
  • $\begingroup$ @GuyCoder In principle, I agree. However, we should do you best to avoid situation where we use a tag in a "wrong" way so it becomes inappropriate when we grow/expand. Refactoring then is hard, choosing a good tag now is simple (in principle). $\endgroup$
    – Raphael Mod
    Jul 26, 2012 at 13:54
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formal-verification is another option.

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  • $\begingroup$ This is more general than the other two as it applied to more than programs/software. $\endgroup$
    – Raphael Mod
    May 25, 2012 at 14:30
  • $\begingroup$ @Raphael, yes, I only mention this since the wikipedia articles for the other two redirects to it. $\endgroup$
    – Kaveh
    May 25, 2012 at 14:48

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