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Of course, I do not doubt the value of having such a formal specification.

Interestingly we also had bugs in the specifications, where certain contradictory scenarios were specified, only very careful reading of the code and specification even led to me discovering the existence. A formal specification would of course have made the design flaw obvious.

You mention test cases, but there actually is another, very much related, application. Actually understanding what the specifications does. E.g. given a certain operating scenario, what is the expected outcome? That can be very difficult to do with lengthy, informal, specifications.



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