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Use when designing the empirical component of a POPL paper — deciding whether evidence should be a mechanization, a prototype, case studies, or benchmarks; reporting proof effort and case-study coverage honestly; and keeping performance numbers in a supporting role so the formal claim stays the paper's center of gravity.
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# POPL Experiments and Empirical Evidence
POPL welcomes experimental papers, but the evaluation's job differs from a systems
venue: at POPL, evidence **demonstrates that the formal idea is realizable and
relevant**, it does not substitute for the theorem. Calibrate the empirical section
to the claim it supports, and no further. (Venue facts referenced here were checked
2026-07-08; see `resources/official-source-map.md`.)
## Match evidence to claim
| Claim in the paper | Right evidence | Wrong evidence |
|---|---|---|
| "The type system is sound" | Proof (mechanized or on-paper, `popl-reproducibility`) | A test suite that found no counterexample |
| "The analysis is precise enough to be useful" | Case studies on real programs with found/missed counts | One toy example |