<s>
F*	B-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
F	O
star	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
inspired	O
by	O
ML	B-Language
and	O
aimed	O
at	O
program	O
verification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
expressing	O
precise	O
specifications	O
for	O
programs	O
,	O
including	O
functional	B-Language
correctness	O
and	O
security	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
F*	B-Application
type-checker	O
aims	O
to	O
prove	O
that	O
programs	O
meet	O
their	O
specifications	O
using	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
SMT	B-Application
solving	I-Application
and	O
manual	O
proofs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
written	O
in	O
F*	B-Application
can	O
be	O
translated	O
to	O
OCaml	B-Language
,	O
F#	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
C	B-Language
for	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
of	O
F*	B-Application
could	O
also	O
be	O
translated	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
is	O
under	O
active	O
development	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
version	O
2022.03.24	O
F*	B-Application
was	O
written	O
entirely	O
in	O
a	O
common	O
subset	O
of	O
F*	B-Application
and	O
F#	B-Operating_System
and	O
supported	O
bootstrapping	O
in	O
both	O
OCaml	B-Language
and	O
F#	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
