Re:How to Write a 21st Century Proof (2011) [pdf]
by coderatlarge on Sunday December 21, 2025 @11:10AM
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i really appreciated the paper and as someone who has spent many years deciphering what the author calls 17th century-style proofs am completely aligned with the objective and the method. i personally find myself doing a version of what the author proposes (in private notes) to make sure i understand proofs i read in books or papers.
even so it would have been timely, useful, and relevant to include a comparison to proofs in lean by comparison to TLA+ even though it is not Lamport’s personal project.
He retired from Microsoft earlier this year. A draft of his newest book is available on the same site as this post.
A Science of Concurrent Programs - https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/science-book.html