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Re:Writing a C Compiler (2017) by JonChesterfield on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:51PM (#36266400)
I didn't know that link, searches seem to confirm. Thank you.

The LCF style provers rely on the host language type system. A theorem instance can only be created by the trusted kernel. Lisp doesn't obviously lend itself to that - you could represent the proof, but I'm not clear how you'd prevent forging one.

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