acl2/acl2
Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
6 Months active
Languages Used
LispCommon LispJSONMarkdownNoneShellYAMLC
Technical Skills
ACL2 Theorem ProvingCryptographyNumber TheoryACL2AI-Assisted DevelopmentAbstract Syntax Trees
Eric McCarthy
PROFILE
Eric Mccarthy
Over six months, Ben Dyarman contributed to the acl2/acl2 repository by developing and refining features for cryptographic curve management, symbolic execution, and binary analysis. He reorganized elliptic curve files for maintainability, introduced prime certificates for cryptographic applications, and expanded the PFCS and R1CS language features using ACL2 and Common Lisp. Ben enhanced CI workflows, improved documentation, and extended test coverage for binary analysis and symbolic execution, particularly in x86 environments. His work demonstrated depth in formal verification, compiler development, and zero-knowledge proof systems, resulting in more robust tooling, clearer onboarding, and improved reliability for downstream cryptographic and verification workflows.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
79%Features
Repository Contributions
42Total
Bugs
4
Commits
42
Features
15
Lines of code
352,588
Activity Months6
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Work History
January 2026
2 Commits
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 focused on strengthening diagnostics and documenting contributions in ACL2. Delivered targeted improvements to error messaging for declaration symbols that are correctly named but belong to a different package, along with release notes and acknowledgement of community contributions. Improvements enhance user guidance, reduce support overhead, and improve cross-package symbol handling in acl2/acl2.
2 Commits
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 focused on strengthening diagnostics and documenting contributions in ACL2. Delivered targeted improvements to error messaging for declaration symbols that are correctly named but belong to a different package, along with release notes and acknowledgement of community contributions. Improvements enhance user guidance, reduce support overhead, and improve cross-package symbol handling in acl2/acl2.
January 2026
December 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 20252025-12 Monthly Summary for acl2/acl2 focused on strengthening binary analysis tooling, improving documentation, and extending crypto capabilities. Key outcomes include expanded test coverage for the abs() case within Axe’s binary analysis workflow, enhanced test documentation, corrected ACL2 tutorial typos for clearer onboarding, and integration of a new prime-related capability by adding koala-bear.lisp to top.lisp in the crypto library. These efforts improve reliability, developer onboarding, and feature completeness while reducing future support overhead.
December 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 20252025-12 Monthly Summary for acl2/acl2 focused on strengthening binary analysis tooling, improving documentation, and extending crypto capabilities. Key outcomes include expanded test coverage for the abs() case within Axe’s binary analysis workflow, enhanced test documentation, corrected ACL2 tutorial typos for clearer onboarding, and integration of a new prime-related capability by adding koala-bear.lisp to top.lisp in the crypto library. These efforts improve reliability, developer onboarding, and feature completeness while reducing future support overhead.
November 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 was focused on delivering high-value features and reliability improvements in the acl2/acl2 repository, advancing symbolic execution testing, enhancing the Axe x86 lifter test coverage, and strengthening bitwise reasoning and zero-knowledge readiness. The work reduced verification risk, improved coverage for complex code paths, and laid groundwork for future ZK-enabled workflows.
8 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 was focused on delivering high-value features and reliability improvements in the acl2/acl2 repository, advancing symbolic execution testing, enhancing the Axe x86 lifter test coverage, and strengthening bitwise reasoning and zero-knowledge readiness. The work reduced verification risk, improved coverage for complex code paths, and laid groundwork for future ZK-enabled workflows.
November 2025
October 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-10 - acl2/acl2: Implemented switch-based command processing enhancements for Axe x86 and ELF x86 binaries, enabling flexible command dispatch and multi-operation handling on a global variable. The work includes an Axe x86 demonstration with end-to-end compilation and proof-verification setup and an ELF x86 extension to support multiple operations via a switch-case pattern. Commits: 00227cf709eebb9101adab2765fd9999caf6e71b and 0e5cba8e752f22139243e969683ec6d90e3d336c. Impact: improved command processing scalability, validation workflow, and cross-environment demonstrations; technical achievements include ACL2, Axe/ELF x86, switch-case logic, and proof verification.
October 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-10 - acl2/acl2: Implemented switch-based command processing enhancements for Axe x86 and ELF x86 binaries, enabling flexible command dispatch and multi-operation handling on a global variable. The work includes an Axe x86 demonstration with end-to-end compilation and proof-verification setup and an ELF x86 extension to support multiple operations via a switch-case pattern. Commits: 00227cf709eebb9101adab2765fd9999caf6e71b and 0e5cba8e752f22139243e969683ec6d90e3d336c. Impact: improved command processing scalability, validation workflow, and cross-environment demonstrations; technical achievements include ACL2, Axe/ELF x86, switch-case logic, and proof verification.
June 2025
25 Commits • 6 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for acl2/acl2: Delivered key platform enhancements in PFCS and R1CS, improved documentation for primes and AleoVM, expanded sample assets with Git LFS, and tightened CI/build processes. The work emphasizes business value through more expressive language features, robust term representations, clearer primality proofs guidance, and streamlined onboarding with better samples and automation.
25 Commits • 6 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for acl2/acl2: Delivered key platform enhancements in PFCS and R1CS, improved documentation for primes and AleoVM, expanded sample assets with Git LFS, and tightened CI/build processes. The work emphasizes business value through more expressive language features, robust term representations, clearer primality proofs guidance, and streamlined onboarding with better samples and automation.
June 2025
February 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for acl2/acl2 focusing on cryptographic curve management and certificate data. Key outcomes include reorganization of elliptic curve files to improve maintainability and the introduction of a prime certificate for the BLS12-377 base field, enabling reliable cryptographic data for downstream use.
February 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for acl2/acl2 focusing on cryptographic curve management and certificate data. Key outcomes include reorganization of elliptic curve files to improve maintainability and the introduction of a prime certificate for the BLS12-377 base field, enabling reliable cryptographic data for downstream use.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.8%
Maintainability90.4%
Architecture89.0%
Performance84.2%
AI Usage23.4%
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CCommon LispJSONLispMarkdownNoneShellYAML
Technical Skills
ACL2ACL2 Theorem ProvingAI-Assisted DevelopmentAbstract Syntax TreesBuild AutomationBuild SystemsC ProgrammingC programmingCI/CDCode ClarityCode CleanupCode RefactoringCompiler DevelopmentCompiler designConfiguration
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