Journal articles

[1] Andrew W. Appel, Robert Dockins, and Xavier Leroy. A list-machine benchmark for mechanized metatheory. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 49(3):453-491, 2012.
[2] Xavier Leroy. Formal verification of a realistic compiler. Communications of the ACM, 52(7):107-115, 2009.
[3] Zaynah Dargaye and Xavier Leroy. A verified framework for higher-order uncurrying optimizations. Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation, 22(3):199-231, 2009.
[4] Tom Hirschowitz, Xavier Leroy, and J. B. Wells. Compilation of extended recursion in call-by-value functional languages. Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation, 22(1):3-66, 2009.
[5] Sandrine Blazy and Xavier Leroy. Mechanized semantics for the Clight subset of the C language. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 43(3):263-288, 2009.
[6] Xavier Leroy. A formally verified compiler back-end. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 43(4):363-446, 2009.
[7] Xavier Leroy and Hervé Grall. Coinductive big-step operational semantics. Information and Computation, 207(2):284-304, 2009.
[8] Xavier Leroy and Sandrine Blazy. Formal verification of a C-like memory model and its uses for verifying program transformations. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 41(1):1-31, 2008.
[9] Laurence Rideau, Bernard P. Serpette, and Xavier Leroy. Tilting at windmills with Coq: formal verification of a compilation algorithm for parallel moves. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 40(4):307-326, 2008.
[10] Tom Hirschowitz and Xavier Leroy. Mixin modules in a call-by-value setting. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, 27(5):857-881, 2005.
[11] Xavier Leroy. Java bytecode verification: algorithms and formalizations. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 30(3-4):235-269, 2003.
[12] Xavier Leroy. Bytecode verification for Java smart card. Software - Practice & Experience, 32(4):319-340, 2002.
[13] Xavier Leroy. A modular module system. Journal of Functional Programming, 10(3):269-303, 2000.
[14] François Pessaux and Xavier Leroy. Type-based analysis of uncaught exceptions. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, 22(2):340-377, 2000.
[15] Xavier Leroy. A syntactic theory of type generativity and sharing. Journal of Functional Programming, 6(5):667-698, 1996.
[16] P. H. Hartel, M. Feeley, M. Alt, L. Augustsson, P. Baumann, M. Beemster, E. Chailloux, C. H. Flood, W. Grieskamp, J. H. G. van Groningen, K. Hammond, B. Hausman, M. Y. Ivory, R. E. Jones, J. Kamperman, P. Lee, X. Leroy, R. D. Lins, S. Loosemore, N. Röjemo, M. Serrano, J.-P. Talpin, J. Thackray, S. Thomas, P. Walters, P. Weis, and P. Wentworth. Benchmarking implementations of functional languages with “Pseudoknot”, a float-intensive benchmark. Journal of Functional Programming, 6(4):621-655, 1996.
[17] Xavier Leroy and Michel Mauny. Dynamics in ML. Journal of Functional Programming, 3(4):431-463, 1993.

Papers in refereed conferences and workshops

[1] Sylvie Boldo, Jacques-Henri Jourdan, Xavier Leroy, and Guillaume Melquiond. A formally-verified C compiler supporting floating-point arithmetic. In ARITH, 21st IEEE International Symposium on Computer Arithmetic, pages 107-115. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2013.
[2] Xavier Leroy. Mechanized semantics for compiler verification. In Ranjit Jhala and Atsushi Igarashi, editors, Programming Languages and Systems, 10th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2012, volume 7705 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 386-388. Springer, 2012. Abstract of invited talk.
[3] Valentin Robert and Xavier Leroy. A formally-verified alias analysis. In Certified Programs and Proofs (CPP 2012), volume 7679 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 11-26. Springer, 2012.
[4] Jacques-Henri Jourdan, François Pottier, and Xavier Leroy. Validating LR(1) parsers. In Programming Languages and Systems - 21st European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2012, volume 7211 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 397-416. Springer, 2012.
[5] Ricardo Bedin França, Sandrine Blazy, Denis Favre-Felix, Xavier Leroy, Marc Pantel, and Jean Souyris. Formally verified optimizing compilation in ACG-based flight control software. In Embedded Real Time Software and Systems (ERTS 2012), 2012.
[6] Tahina Ramananandro, Gabriel Dos Reis, and Xavier Leroy. A mechanized semantics for C++ object construction and destruction, with applications to resource management. In 39th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 521-532. ACM Press, 2012.
[7] Ricardo Bedin França, Denis Favre-Felix, Xavier Leroy, Marc Pantel, and Jean Souyris. Towards formally verified optimizing compilation in flight control software. In Bringing Theory to Practice: Predictability and Performance in Embedded Systems (PPES 2011), volume 18 of OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs), pages 59-68. Schloss Dagstuhl-Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik, 2011.
[8] Xavier Leroy. Verified squared: does critical software deserve verified tools? In 38th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 1-2. ACM Press, 2011. Abstract of invited lecture.
[9] Tahina Ramananandro, Gabriel Dos Reis, and Xavier Leroy. Formal verification of object layout for C++ multiple inheritance. In 38th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 67-79. ACM Press, 2011.
[10] Silvain Rideau and Xavier Leroy. Validating register allocation and spilling. In Compiler Construction (CC 2010), volume 6011 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 224-243. Springer, 2010.
[11] Jean-Baptiste Tristan and Xavier Leroy. A simple, verified validator for software pipelining. In 37th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 83-92. ACM Press, 2010.
[12] Jean-Baptiste Tristan and Xavier Leroy. Verified validation of Lazy Code Motion. In Programming Language Design and Implementation 2009, pages 316-326. ACM Press, 2009.
[13] Jean-Baptiste Tristan and Xavier Leroy. Formal verification of translation validators: A case study on instruction scheduling optimizations. In 35th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 17-27. ACM Press, 2008.
[14] Zaynah Dargaye and Xavier Leroy. Mechanized verification of CPS transformations. In Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning, 14th Int. Conf. LPAR 2007, volume 4790 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 211-225. Springer, 2007.
[15] Andrew W. Appel and Xavier Leroy. A list-machine benchmark for mechanized metatheory (extended abstract). In Proc. Int. Workshop on Logical Frameworks and Meta-Languages (LFMTP'06), volume 174/5 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, pages 95-108, 2007.
[16] Fabio Mancinelli, Roberto Di Cosmo, Jérôme Vouillon, Jaap Boender, Berke Durak, Xavier Leroy, and Ralf Treinen. Managing the complexity of large free and open source package-based software distributions. In 21st IEEE Int. Conf. on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2006), pages 199-208. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2006.
[17] Sandrine Blazy, Zaynah Dargaye, and Xavier Leroy. Formal verification of a C compiler front-end. In FM 2006: Int. Symp. on Formal Methods, volume 4085 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 460-475. Springer, 2006.
[18] Roberto Di Cosmo, Berke Durak, Xavier Leroy, Fabio Mancinelli, and Jérôme Vouillon. Maintaining large software distributions: new challenges from the FOSS era. In Proceedings of the FRCSS 2006 workshop, volume 12 of EASST Newsletter, pages 7-20, 2006.
[19] Xavier Leroy. Coinductive big-step operational semantics. In European Symposium on Programming (ESOP 2006), volume 3924 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 54-68. Springer, 2006.
[20] Xavier Leroy. Formal certification of a compiler back-end, or: programming a compiler with a proof assistant. In 33rd symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 42-54. ACM Press, 2006.
[21] Yves Bertot, Benjamin Grégoire, and Xavier Leroy. A structured approach to proving compiler optimizations based on dataflow analysis. In Types for Proofs and Programs, Workshop TYPES 2004, volume 3839 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 66-81. Springer, 2006.
[22] Sandrine Blazy and Xavier Leroy. Formal verification of a memory model for C-like imperative languages. In International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods (ICFEM 2005), volume 3785 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 280-299. Springer, 2005.
[23] Serge Abiteboul, Ciarán Bryce, Roberto Di Cosmo, Klaus R. Dittrich, Stéfane Fermigier, Stéphane Laurière, Frédéric Lepied, Xavier Leroy, Tova Milo, Eleonora Panto, Radu Pop, Assaf Sagi, Yotam Shtossel, Florent Villard, and Boris Vrdoljak. EDOS: Environment for the Development and Distribution of Open Source Software. In First International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS 2005), 2005.
[24] Tom Hirschowitz, Xavier Leroy, and J. B. Wells. Call-by-value mixin modules: Reduction semantics, side effects, types. In European Symposium on Programming, volume 2986 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 64-78. Springer, 2004.
[25] Tom Hirschowitz, Xavier Leroy, and J. B. Wells. Compilation of extended recursion in call-by-value functional languages. In International Conference on Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming, pages 160-171. ACM Press, 2003.
[26] Xavier Leroy. Computer security from a programming language and static analysis perspective. In P. Degano, editor, Programming Languages and Systems: 12th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2003, volume 2618 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 1-9. Springer, 2003. Abstract of invited lecture.
[27] Cristiano Calcagno, Walid Taha, Liwen Huang, and Xavier Leroy. Implementing multi-stage languages using ASTs, gensym, and reflection. In Generative Programming and Component Engineering, 2nd Int. Conf. GPCE 2003, volume 2830 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 57-76. Springer, 2003.
[28] Benjamin Grégoire and Xavier Leroy. A compiled implementation of strong reduction. In International Conference on Functional Programming 2002, pages 235-246. ACM Press, 2002.
[29] Tom Hirschowitz and Xavier Leroy. Mixin modules in a call-by-value setting. In D. Le Métayer, editor, Programming Languages and Systems, ESOP'2002, volume 2305 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 6-20. Springer, 2002.
[30] Xavier Leroy. Java bytecode verification: an overview. In G. Berry, H. Comon, and A. Finkel, editors, Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2001, volume 2102 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 265-285. Springer, 2001.
[31] Xavier Leroy. On-card bytecode verification for Java card. In I. Attali and T. Jensen, editors, Smart card programming and security, proceedings E-Smart 2001, volume 2140 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 150-164. Springer, 2001.
[32] François Pessaux and Xavier Leroy. Type-based analysis of uncaught exceptions. In 26th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 276-290. ACM Press, 1999.
[33] Xavier Leroy. Introduction to types in compilation. In Proceedings of the 1998 Types in Compilation workshop, volume 1473 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 1-8. Springer, March 1998.
[34] Marco Danelutto, Roberto DiCosmo, Xavier Leroy, and Susanna Pelagatti. Parallel functional programming with skeletons: the OCamlP3L experiment. In Proceedings ACM workshop on ML and its applications. Cornell University, 1998.
[35] Xavier Leroy and François Rouaix. Security properties of typed applets. In 25th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 391-403. ACM Press, 1998.
[36] Xavier Leroy. The effectiveness of type-based unboxing. In Workshop Types in Compilation '97. Technical report BCCS-97-03, Boston College, Computer Science Department, June 1997.
[37] Xavier Leroy. Le système Caml Special Light: modules et compilation efficace en Caml. In Actes des Journées Francophones des Langages Applicatifs, pages 111-131. INRIA, January 1996.
[38] Xavier Leroy. Lessons learned from the translation of documentation from LATEX to HTML. In ERCIM/W4G Int. Workshop on WWW Authoring and Integration Tools, February 1995.
[39] Xavier Leroy. Applicative functors and fully transparent higher-order modules. In 22nd symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 142-153. ACM Press, 1995.
[40] María-Virginia Aponte and Xavier Leroy. Llamado de procedimientos a distancia y abstracción de tipos. In Proc. 20th CLEI PANEL latino-american computer science conference, pages 1281-1292, 1994.
[41] Xavier Leroy. Manifest types, modules, and separate compilation. In 21st symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 109-122. ACM Press, 1994.
[42] Damien Doligez and Xavier Leroy. A concurrent, generational garbage collector for a multithreaded implementation of ML. In 20th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 113-123. ACM Press, 1993.
[43] Xavier Leroy. Polymorphism by name for references and continuations. In 20th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 220-231. ACM Press, 1993.
[44] Xavier Leroy. Unboxed objects and polymorphic typing. In 19th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 177-188. ACM Press, 1992.
[45] Xavier Leroy and Michel Mauny. Dynamics in ML. In John Hughes, editor, Functional Programming Languages and Computer Architecture 1991, volume 523 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 406-426. Springer, 1991.
[46] Xavier Leroy and Pierre Weis. Polymorphic type inference and assignment. In 18th symposium Principles of Programming Languages, pages 291-302. ACM Press, 1991.
[47] Luca Cardelli and Xavier Leroy. Abstract types and the dot notation. In M. Broy and C. B. Jones, editors, Proceedings IFIP TC2 working conference on programming concepts and methods, pages 479-504. North-Holland, 1990.
[48] Xavier Leroy. Efficient data representation in polymorphic languages. In P. Deransart and J. Maluszyński, editors, Programming Language Implementation and Logic Programming 90, volume 456 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 1990.

Books

[1] Pierre Weis and Xavier Leroy. Le langage Caml. Dunod, 1999.
[2] Xavier Leroy and Pierre Weis. Manuel de référence du langage Caml. InterÉditions, 1993.

Book chapters

[1] Xavier Leroy. Mechanized semantics. In Logics and languages for reliability and security, volume 25 of NATO Science for Peace and Security Series D: Information and Communication Security, pages 195-224. IOS Press, 2010.
[2] Xavier Leroy and François Rouaix. Security properties of typed applets. In J. Vitek and C. Jensen, editors, Secure Internet Programming - Security issues for Mobile and Distributed Objects, volume 1603 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 147-182. Springer, 1999.

Dissertations

[1] Xavier Leroy. Typage polymorphe d'un langage algorithmique. Phd thesis (in french), Université Paris 7, 1992.
[2] Xavier Leroy. Polymorphic typing of an algorithmic language. Research report 1778, INRIA, 1992.

Popular science

[1] Xavier Leroy. Comment faire confiance à un compilateur? La Recherche, 440, April 2010. Les cahiers de l'INRIA.

Technical reports

[1] Xavier Leroy, Andrew W. Appel, Sandrine Blazy, and Gordon Stewart. The CompCert memory model, version 2. Research report RR-7987, INRIA, June 2012.
[2] Xavier Leroy. A locally nameless solution to the POPLmark challenge. Research report 6098, INRIA, January 2007.
[3] Andrew W. Appel and Xavier Leroy. A list-machine benchmark for mechanized metatheory. Research report 5914, INRIA, 2006.
[4] Tom Hirschowitz, Xavier Leroy, and J. B. Wells. A reduction semantics for call-by-value mixin modules. Research report 4682, INRIA, 2003.
[5] Tom Hirschowitz, Xavier Leroy, and J. B. Wells. On the implementation of recursion in call-by-value functional languages. Research report 4728, INRIA, 2003.
[6] Xavier Leroy. Le système Caml Special Light: modules et compilation efficace en Caml. Research report 2721, INRIA, November 1995.
[7] Xavier Leroy. Programmation du système Unix en Caml Light. Technical report 147, INRIA, 1992.
[8] Luca Cardelli and Xavier Leroy. Abstract types and the dot notation. Research report 56, Digital Equipment Corporation, Systems Research Center, 1990.
[9] Xavier Leroy. Efficient data representation in polymorphic languages. Research report 1264, INRIA, 1990.
[10] Xavier Leroy. The ZINC experiment: an economical implementation of the ML language. Technical report 117, INRIA, 1990.