Geoffrey Irving: Verified Lean kernel enables wild, sketchy optimizations for speed

geoffreyirving · x · 2026-08-21

Geoffrey Irving noted that once a bulletproof Lean kernel is established via Lean4Lean proving it correct, developers can implement wild, sketchy-looking optimizations that improve kernel speed in important special cases, as long as the proof invariant is maintained.

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