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Use when drafting or revising SOSP prose — leading with a design principle rather than a feature list, building the intro's problem-to-insight arc, budgeting 12 dense two-column pages across design and evaluation, writing figures that argue, and keeping claims inside what the measurements support.

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# SOSP Writing Style

Use this at drafting and revision time for a SOSP paper. The format constants (2026
cycle, checked 2026-07-08 against the official author guidelines): at most 12 pages
of technical content in submission, 10-point font on 12-point leading, a 7 x 9 inch
text block in two columns, references uncounted. Those pages are read first by a
skeptical fast pass and later defended live at a PC meeting — the prose must arm an
advocate, not just inform a reader.

## Lead with the principle, not the artifact

The recurring identity question at this venue is "what is the *principle*?" A SOSP
paper is remembered as an idea with a system attached, not a system with features
attached. Concretely:
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