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In 2006, Microsoft had substantial duplicated effort, with some people building theorem provers and others working on obsolete ones.
Unresolved speaker · Mathematics Just Changed Forever — Kevin Hartnett · 26 Oct 2026
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“Among the ITPs already on the market, de Mora admired the minimality of HOL Light, which had a very small kernel. Back in 2006, there was loads of duplicate effort at Microsoft.”15:15Report a misattribution
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