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docs: update completion to 90% and clarify remaining work
Summary: - Overall completion: 85% → 90% - Standard library: Actually complete (100%) - Remaining work: Only closure capture + function tables (10%) Status Updates: - stdlib: 0% → 100% (290 lines, 50+ functions) - Modules: prelude, io, string, math, memory - Fixed license: EUPL-1.2 → PMPL-1.0-or-later in stdlib Accurate Remaining Work (10%): 1. Closure environment capture for lambdas 2. Function tables and call_indirect for first-class functions Completed (Was incorrectly listed as "planned"): - Prelude functions: id, compose, flip, const, fst, snd, swap - Boolean operations: not, and, or - Integer operations: succ, pred, abs, min, max, clamp - String operations: length, concat, clone, eq, is_empty - I/O primitives: print, println, read_line, print_i32/i64/f32/f64/bool - Math operations: sqrt, sin, cos, tan, exp, log, pow, floor, ceil, round - Memory management: alloc, free_region, region_size - Type conversions: i32_to_f64, f64_to_i32, i32_to_i64, i64_to_i32 Critical Next Actions Updated: - Removed stale items (region-scope-tracking, wire-parser-typechecker-codegen) - Added accurate items (closure-environment-capture, function-tables) Files Updated: - STATE.scm: Accurate stdlib status, correct remaining work list - README.md: Added stdlib row to status table, clarified next steps - QUICK-STATUS.md: Updated with accurate metrics - stdlib/lib.rs: Fixed license header Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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(crate "ephapax-stdlib")
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(modules "prelude" "io" "string" "math" "memory")
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(functions 50)
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(notes "Comprehensive stdlib with type-safe builtins")))
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# Ephapax Quick Status - 2026-01-23 Evening
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# Ephapax Quick Status
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**For picking up after reboot**
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**⚠️ THIS FILE HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED**
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This status file from January 2026 is outdated.
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### ✅ MAJOR MILESTONE: arXiv Paper COMPLETE
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- **File**: `academic/dyadic-design-paper.tex`
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- **Status**: All 9 sections written (~1,200 lines LaTeX)
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- **Sections**: Introduction, Background, Methodology, Formal Semantics, Implementation, Evaluation, Related Work, Discussion, Conclusion
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- **40-connection-linear.eph** - Correct pattern (linear guarantees cleanup)
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- **41-connection-leak.eph** - Bug demonstration (affine allows leak, linear catches)
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- **Location**: `ephapax-playground/examples/`
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### ✅ Educational Material Complete
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- **2,300+ lines** of documentation
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- **Lesson 1**: `ephapax-playground/lessons/01-what-is-ephapax.md` (600 lines)
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- **Lesson 2**: `ephapax-playground/lessons/02-linear-vs-affine.md` (900 lines)
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- **Updated**: `ephapax-playground/examples/README.md` (800 lines)
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### Main Repo (ephapax)
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