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What is formally verified C? Why isn't there more of it?


Because it takes a lot of effort. Google Frama-C. On the flip side, it can express not just memory safety constraints, but also correctness proofs.

In this case it's not about Frama-C or similar tools though, see your sibling comments about the caveats.


Arguably, generating verified C from a low-level focused subset of F* (Low*, used in the HACL project) is close enough to count as a "similar tool".




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