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Same but better

We study and collect equivalent code with better performance, developing formal verification alongside each example.

Installation

Install Git and follow the official Lean installation guide to set up Lean and Lake. Then clone the repository:

sh
git clone https://github.com/CloK-Lab/same-but-better.git
cd same-but-better

The lean-toolchain file pins Lean 4.34.0. The proofs currently use only the Lean standard library.

Run locally

Check the proofs

From the repository root, run:

sh
lake build

This compiles the implementations and checks the proofs. To inspect a proof interactively, open the repository in VS Code with the Lean 4 extension and open its .lean file.

Preview the notebook

With Node.js 22.12 or newer and npm installed, run:

sh
npm ci
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:4321 for the standalone writing preview. When the notebook is read on CloK, the main website supplies the shared navigation and home link.

To check the MDX and generate the static site in dist/, run npm run build. Use npm run preview to serve that build locally. The notebook and Lean proofs build independently.

Repository structure

Each example keeps its note, implementations, and verification in one directory:

text
SameButBetter/
  MapFusion/
    Note.mdx               # Mathematical explanation and source excerpts
    README.md              # Source-level guide to the example
    VersionA.lean          # Two successive maps
    VersionB.lean          # One composed map
    Verification/
      Specification.lean   # Output requirement and uniqueness
      Equivalence.lean     # Correctness and equality of outputs
      Performance.lean     # Counting model and exact costs
SameButBetter.lean         # Library entry point importing the proofs
lean-toolchain             # Pinned Lean version
lakefile.toml              # Lean build configuration
clok.json                  # CloK project identity and documentation paths
docs/                      # Overview, local renderer, and authoring guide

Specification.lean states the common requirement. Equivalence.lean proves that both implementations meet it and therefore agree. Performance.lean defines counted executions and proves their costs. Code excerpts in Note.mdx are read directly from these source files.

New examples follow the same layout under SameButBetter/<CaseName>/.

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