<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
stands	O
for	O
Framework	O
for	O
Modular	O
Analysis	O
of	O
C	B-Language
programs	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
interoperable	O
program	B-Application
analyzers	I-Application
for	O
C	B-Language
programs	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
has	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
Commissariat	O
à	O
l'Énergie	O
Atomique	O
et	O
aux	O
Énergies	O
Alternatives	O
(	O
CEA-List	O
)	O
and	O
Inria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
received	O
funding	O
from	O
the	O
Core	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
Initiative	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
,	O
as	O
a	O
static	O
analyzer	O
,	O
inspects	O
programs	O
without	O
executing	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
has	O
a	O
modular	O
plugin	O
architecture	O
comparable	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
software	O
)	O
or	O
GIMP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
relies	O
on	O
CIL	O
(	O
C	B-Language
Intermediate	O
Language	O
)	O
to	O
generate	O
an	O
abstract	B-Data_Structure
syntax	I-Data_Structure
tree	I-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
abstract	B-Data_Structure
syntax	I-Data_Structure
tree	I-Data_Structure
supports	O
annotations	O
written	O
in	O
ANSI/ISO	B-Language
C	I-Language
Specification	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
ACSL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
modules	O
can	O
manipulate	O
the	O
abstract	B-Data_Structure
syntax	I-Data_Structure
tree	I-Data_Structure
to	O
add	O
ANSI/ISO	B-Language
C	I-Language
Specification	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
ACSL	O
)	O
annotations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jessie	O
relies	O
on	O
the	O
Why	O
or	O
Why3	O
back-end	O
to	O
enable	O
proof	O
obligations	O
to	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
automatic	B-Application
theorem	I-Application
provers	I-Application
like	O
Z3	O
,	O
Simplify	O
,	O
Alt-Ergo	B-Language
or	O
interactive	O
theorem	O
provers	O
like	O
Coq	B-Application
or	O
Why	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WP	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
cooperate	O
with	O
other	O
Frama-C	B-Language
plugins	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
value	O
analysis	O
plug-in	O
,	O
unlike	O
Jessie	O
that	O
compiles	O
the	O
C	B-Language
program	I-Language
directly	O
into	O
the	O
Why	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Impact	O
analysis	O
highlights	O
the	O
impacts	O
of	O
a	O
modification	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
generation	O
of	O
a	O
smaller	O
new	O
C	B-Language
program	I-Language
that	O
preserves	O
some	O
given	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spare	O
code	O
removes	O
useless	O
code	O
from	O
a	O
C	B-Language
program	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dominators	B-Application
computes	O
dominators	B-Application
and	O
postdominators	O
of	O
statements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
purposes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
understand	O
C	B-Language
code	O
which	O
you	O
have	O
not	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
Frama-C	B-Language
enables	O
one	O
to	O
observe	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
values	O
,	O
slice	O
the	O
program	O
into	O
shorter	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
navigate	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
specifications	O
written	O
in	O
ANSI/ISO	B-Language
C	I-Language
Specification	I-Language
Language	I-Language
enables	O
it	O
to	O
ensure	O
properties	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
any	O
possible	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frama-C	B-Language
handles	O
floating	O
point	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
