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Compcert doesn't qualify as a large program?


No. It's medium-sized; and it required a world expert, and it required a lot of effort, and even he had to skip on the termination proofs because they proved too hard/time-consuming, so he just put in a counter and throws a runtime exception if it runs out.




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