diff --git a/Source/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cs b/Source/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cs
index 467cca178..127763000 100644
--- a/Source/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cs
+++ b/Source/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.Boogie
 {
-  public record ProcessedProgram(Program Program, Action<VCGen, Implementation, ImplementationRunResult> PostProcessResult) {
+  public record ProcessedProgram(Program Program, Action<VerificationConditionGenerator, Implementation, ImplementationRunResult> PostProcessResult) {
     public ProcessedProgram(Program program) : this(program, (_, _, _) => { }) {
     }
   }
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ private IObservable<IVerificationStatus> VerifyImplementationWithoutCaching(Proc
       var batchCompleted = new Subject<(Split split, VerificationRunResult vcResult)>();
       var completeVerification = largeThreadTaskFactory.StartNew(async () =>
       {
-        var vcgen = new VCGen(processedProgram.Program, checkerPool);
+        var vcgen = new VerificationConditionGenerator(processedProgram.Program, checkerPool);
         vcgen.CachingActionCounts = stats.CachingActionCounts;
         verificationResult.ProofObligationCountBefore = vcgen.CumulativeAssertionCount;
         verificationResult.Start = DateTime.UtcNow;
diff --git a/Source/Houdini/Houdini.cs b/Source/Houdini/Houdini.cs
index 81b82c0cb..11a51b434 100644
--- a/Source/Houdini/Houdini.cs
+++ b/Source/Houdini/Houdini.cs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public class Houdini : ObservableHoudini
   {
     protected Program program;
     protected HashSet<Variable> houdiniConstants;
-    protected VCGen vcgen;
+    protected VerificationConditionGenerator vcgen;
     protected ProverInterface proverInterface;
     protected Graph<Implementation> callGraph;
     protected HashSet<Implementation> vcgenFailures;
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ protected void Initialize(TextWriter traceWriter, Program program, HoudiniSessio
       */
 
       var checkerPool = new CheckerPool(Options);
-      this.vcgen = new VCGen(program, checkerPool);
+      this.vcgen = new VerificationConditionGenerator(program, checkerPool);
       this.proverInterface = ProverInterface.CreateProver(Options, program, Options.ProverLogFilePath,
         Options.ProverLogFileAppend, Options.TimeLimit, taskID: GetTaskID());
 
diff --git a/Source/Houdini/HoudiniSession.cs b/Source/Houdini/HoudiniSession.cs
index 2d14561af..5c1032115 100644
--- a/Source/Houdini/HoudiniSession.cs
+++ b/Source/Houdini/HoudiniSession.cs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public bool InUnsatCore(Variable constant)
       return false;
     }
 
-    public HoudiniSession(Houdini houdini, VCGen vcgen, ProverInterface proverInterface, Program program,
+    public HoudiniSession(Houdini houdini, VerificationConditionGenerator vcgen, ProverInterface proverInterface, Program program,
       ImplementationRun run, HoudiniStatistics stats, int taskID = -1)
     {
       var impl = run.Implementation;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public HoudiniSession(Houdini houdini, VCGen vcgen, ProverInterface proverInterf
         new Formal(Token.NoToken, new TypedIdent(Token.NoToken, "", Type.Bool), false));
       proverInterface.DefineMacro(macro, conjecture);
       conjecture = exprGen.Function(macro);
-      handler = new VCGen.ErrorReporter(this.houdini.Options, gotoCmdOrigins, absyIds, impl.Blocks, impl.debugInfos, collector,
+      handler = new VerificationConditionGenerator.ErrorReporter(this.houdini.Options, gotoCmdOrigins, absyIds, impl.Blocks, impl.debugInfos, collector,
         mvInfo, proverInterface.Context, program, this);
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/CommandTransformations.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/CommandTransformations.cs
index a39bac235..74daf7195 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/CommandTransformations.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/CommandTransformations.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public static Cmd AssertIntoAssume(VCGenOptions options, Cmd c)
   {
     if (c is AssertCmd assrt)
     {
-      return VCGen.AssertTurnedIntoAssume(options, assrt);
+      return VerificationConditionGenerator.AssertTurnedIntoAssume(options, assrt);
     }
 
     return c;
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/Counterexample.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/Counterexample.cs
index 457568fdd..11e5ff3d9 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/Counterexample.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/Counterexample.cs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public void Print(int indent, TextWriter tw, Action<Block> blockAction = null)
               {
                 var cmd = GetTraceCmd(loc);
                 var calleeName = GetCalledProcName(cmd);
-                if (calleeName.StartsWith(VC.StratifiedVCGenBase.recordProcName) &&
+                if (calleeName.StartsWith(VC.StratifiedVerificationConditionGeneratorBase.recordProcName) &&
                     options.StratifiedInlining > 0)
                 {
                   Contract.Assert(calleeCounterexamples[loc].args.Count == 1);
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/FocusAttribute.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/FocusAttribute.cs
index e08874579..72c3c76c8 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/FocusAttribute.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/FocusAttribute.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace VCGeneration;
 
 public static class FocusAttribute
 {
-  public static List<Split> FocusImpl(VCGenOptions options, ImplementationRun run, Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> gotoCmdOrigins, VCGen par)
+  public static List<Split> FocusImpl(VCGenOptions options, ImplementationRun run, Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> gotoCmdOrigins, VerificationConditionGenerator par)
   {
     bool IsFocusCmd(Cmd c) {
       return c is PredicateCmd p && QKeyValue.FindBoolAttribute(p.Attributes, "focus");
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/ManualSplitFinder.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/ManualSplitFinder.cs
index 76c3922d6..5646d71fa 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/ManualSplitFinder.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/ManualSplitFinder.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace VCGeneration;
 public static class ManualSplitFinder
 {
   
-  public static List<Split> FocusAndSplit(VCGenOptions options, ImplementationRun run, Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> gotoCmdOrigins, VCGen par, bool splitOnEveryAssert)
+  public static List<Split> FocusAndSplit(VCGenOptions options, ImplementationRun run, Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> gotoCmdOrigins, VerificationConditionGenerator par, bool splitOnEveryAssert)
   {
     List<Split> focussedImpl = FocusAttribute.FocusImpl(options, run, gotoCmdOrigins, par);
     var splits = focussedImpl.Select(s => FindManualSplits(s, splitOnEveryAssert)).SelectMany(x => x).ToList();
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/SmokeTester.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/SmokeTester.cs
index 7d46790d9..a56cd5ff6 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/SmokeTester.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/SmokeTester.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void ObjectInvariant()
     Contract.Invariant(callback != null);
   }
 
-  VCGen parent;
+  VerificationConditionGenerator parent;
   ImplementationRun run;
   Block initial;
   int id;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void ObjectInvariant()
   HashSet<Block> visited = new HashSet<Block>();
   VerifierCallback callback;
 
-  internal SmokeTester(VCGen par, ImplementationRun run, VerifierCallback callback)
+  internal SmokeTester(VerificationConditionGenerator par, ImplementationRun run, VerifierCallback callback)
   {
     Contract.Requires(par != null);
     Contract.Requires(run != null);
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Block CopyBlock(Block b)
       }
       else
       {
-        seq.Add(VCGen.AssertTurnedIntoAssume(Options, turn));
+        seq.Add(VerificationConditionGenerator.AssertTurnedIntoAssume(Options, turn));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/Split.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/Split.cs
index 2a78cd4dd..fdcf1e80f 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/Split.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/Split.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void ObjectInvariant()
 
       public Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> GotoCmdOrigins { get; }
 
-      public readonly VCGen /*!*/ parent;
+      public readonly VerificationConditionGenerator /*!*/ parent;
 
       public Implementation /*!*/ Implementation => Run.Implementation;
 
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ void ObjectInvariant()
 
       // async interface
       public int SplitIndex { get; set; }
-      internal VCGen.ErrorReporter reporter;
+      internal VerificationConditionGenerator.ErrorReporter reporter;
 
       public Split(VCGenOptions options, List<Block /*!*/> /*!*/ blocks,
         Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> /*!*/ gotoCmdOrigins,
-        VCGen /*!*/ par, ImplementationRun run)
+        VerificationConditionGenerator /*!*/ par, ImplementationRun run)
       {
         Contract.Requires(cce.NonNullElements(blocks));
         Contract.Requires(gotoCmdOrigins != null);
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ List<Cmd> SliceCmds(Block b)
 
             if (swap)
             {
-              theNewCmd = VCGen.AssertTurnedIntoAssume(Options, a);
+              theNewCmd = VerificationConditionGenerator.AssertTurnedIntoAssume(Options, a);
             }
           }
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ public Counterexample ToCounterexample(ProverContext context)
             Contract.Assert(c != null);
             if (c is AssertCmd)
             {
-              var counterexample = VCGen.AssertCmdToCounterexample(Options, (AssertCmd) c, cce.NonNull(b.TransferCmd), trace, null, null, null, context, this);
+              var counterexample = VerificationConditionGenerator.AssertCmdToCounterexample(Options, (AssertCmd) c, cce.NonNull(b.TransferCmd), trace, null, null, null, context, this);
               Counterexamples.Add(counterexample);
               return counterexample;
             }
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ public async Task BeginCheck(TextWriter traceWriter, Checker checker, VerifierCa
 
           ProverContext ctx = checker.TheoremProver.Context;
           Boogie2VCExprTranslator bet = ctx.BoogieExprTranslator;
-          var cc = new VCGen.CodeExprConversionClosure(traceWriter, checker.Pool.Options, absyIds, ctx);
+          var cc = new VerificationConditionGenerator.CodeExprConversionClosure(traceWriter, checker.Pool.Options, absyIds, ctx);
           bet.SetCodeExprConverter(cc.CodeExprToVerificationCondition);
 
           var exprGen = ctx.ExprGen;
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ public async Task BeginCheck(TextWriter traceWriter, Checker checker, VerifierCa
             exprGen.ControlFlowFunctionApplication(exprGen.Integer(BigNum.ZERO), exprGen.Integer(BigNum.ZERO));
           VCExpr eqExpr = exprGen.Eq(controlFlowFunctionAppl, exprGen.Integer(BigNum.FromInt(absyIds.GetId(Implementation.Blocks[0]))));
           vc = exprGen.Implies(eqExpr, vc);
-          reporter = new VCGen.ErrorReporter(Options, GotoCmdOrigins, absyIds, Implementation.Blocks, Implementation.debugInfos, callback,
+          reporter = new VerificationConditionGenerator.ErrorReporter(Options, GotoCmdOrigins, absyIds, Implementation.Blocks, Implementation.debugInfos, callback,
             mvInfo, checker.TheoremProver.Context, parent.program, this);
         }
 
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/SplitAndVerifyWorker.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/SplitAndVerifyWorker.cs
index a74eefaac..7409ca17e 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/SplitAndVerifyWorker.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/SplitAndVerifyWorker.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SplitAndVerifyWorker
     private bool TrackingProgress => DoSplitting && (callback.OnProgress != null || options.Trace); 
     private bool KeepGoing => maxKeepGoingSplits > 1;
 
-    private VCGen vcGen;
+    private VerificationConditionGenerator verificationConditionGenerator;
     private VcOutcome vcOutcome;
     private double remainingCost;
     private double provenCost;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class SplitAndVerifyWorker
 
     private int totalResourceCount;
 
-    public SplitAndVerifyWorker(VCGenOptions options, VCGen vcGen, ImplementationRun run,
+    public SplitAndVerifyWorker(VCGenOptions options, VerificationConditionGenerator verificationConditionGenerator, ImplementationRun run,
       Dictionary<TransferCmd, ReturnCmd> gotoCmdOrigins, VerifierCallback callback, ModelViewInfo mvInfo,
       VcOutcome vcOutcome)
     {
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ public SplitAndVerifyWorker(VCGenOptions options, VCGen vcGen, ImplementationRun
       this.mvInfo = mvInfo;
       this.run = run;
       this.vcOutcome = vcOutcome;
-      this.vcGen = vcGen;
+      this.verificationConditionGenerator = verificationConditionGenerator;
       var maxSplits = options.VcsMaxSplits;
-      VCGen.CheckIntAttributeOnImpl(run, "vcs_max_splits", ref maxSplits);
+      VerificationConditionGenerator.CheckIntAttributeOnImpl(run, "vcs_max_splits", ref maxSplits);
       
       maxKeepGoingSplits = options.VcsMaxKeepGoingSplits;
-      VCGen.CheckIntAttributeOnImpl(run, "vcs_max_keep_going_splits", ref maxKeepGoingSplits);
+      VerificationConditionGenerator.CheckIntAttributeOnImpl(run, "vcs_max_keep_going_splits", ref maxKeepGoingSplits);
       
       maxVcCost = options.VcsMaxCost;
       var tmpMaxVcCost = -1;
-      VCGen.CheckIntAttributeOnImpl(run, "vcs_max_cost", ref tmpMaxVcCost);
+      VerificationConditionGenerator.CheckIntAttributeOnImpl(run, "vcs_max_cost", ref tmpMaxVcCost);
       if (tmpMaxVcCost >= 0)
       {
         maxVcCost = tmpMaxVcCost;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public SplitAndVerifyWorker(VCGenOptions options, VCGen vcGen, ImplementationRun
       Implementation.CheckBooleanAttribute("vcs_split_on_every_assert", ref splitOnEveryAssert);
 
       ResetPredecessors(Implementation.Blocks);
-      manualSplits = ManualSplitFinder.FocusAndSplit(options, run, gotoCmdOrigins, vcGen, splitOnEveryAssert);
+      manualSplits = ManualSplitFinder.FocusAndSplit(options, run, gotoCmdOrigins, verificationConditionGenerator, splitOnEveryAssert);
       
       if (manualSplits.Count == 1 && maxSplits > 1) {
         manualSplits = Split.DoSplit(manualSplits[0], maxVcCost, maxSplits);
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/StratifiedVC.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/StratifiedVC.cs
index beb082cb5..5a296ffc4 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/StratifiedVC.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/StratifiedVC.cs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public override string ToString()
   public class StratifiedInliningInfo
   {
     private VCGenOptions options;
-    public StratifiedVCGenBase vcgen;
+    public StratifiedVerificationConditionGeneratorBase vcgen;
     public ImplementationRun run;
     public Function function;
     public Variable controlFlowVariable;
@@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ public class StratifiedInliningInfo
 
     public Implementation Implementation => run.Implementation;
 
-    public StratifiedInliningInfo(VCGenOptions options, ImplementationRun run, StratifiedVCGenBase stratifiedVcGen,
+    public StratifiedInliningInfo(VCGenOptions options, ImplementationRun run, StratifiedVerificationConditionGeneratorBase stratifiedVerificationConditionGenerator,
       Action<Implementation> PassiveImplInstrumentation)
     {
-      vcgen = stratifiedVcGen;
+      vcgen = stratifiedVerificationConditionGenerator;
       this.PassiveImplInstrumentation = PassiveImplInstrumentation;
       this.run = run;
       this.options = options;
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ public void GenerateVC()
 
       var absyIds = new ControlFlowIdMap<Absy>();
       
-      VCGen.CodeExprConversionClosure cc = new VCGen.CodeExprConversionClosure(run.OutputWriter, options, absyIds, proverInterface.Context);
+      VerificationConditionGenerator.CodeExprConversionClosure cc = new VerificationConditionGenerator.CodeExprConversionClosure(run.OutputWriter, options, absyIds, proverInterface.Context);
       translator.SetCodeExprConverter(cc.CodeExprToVerificationCondition);
       vcexpr = gen.Not(vcgen.GenerateVCAux(Implementation, controlFlowVariableExpr, absyIds, proverInterface.Context));
 
@@ -702,14 +702,14 @@ public void GenerateVC()
   }
 
   // This class is derived and used by Corral to create VCs for Stratified Inlining.
-  public abstract class StratifiedVCGenBase : VCGen
+  public abstract class StratifiedVerificationConditionGeneratorBase : VerificationConditionGenerator
   {
     public readonly static string recordProcName = "boogie_si_record";
     public readonly static string callSiteVarAttr = "callSiteVar";
     public Dictionary<string, StratifiedInliningInfo> implName2StratifiedInliningInfo;
     public ProverInterface prover;
 
-    public StratifiedVCGenBase(TextWriter traceWriter, VCGenOptions options, Program program, string logFilePath /*?*/, bool appendLogFile, CheckerPool checkerPool,
+    public StratifiedVerificationConditionGeneratorBase(TextWriter traceWriter, VCGenOptions options, Program program, string logFilePath /*?*/, bool appendLogFile, CheckerPool checkerPool,
       Action<Implementation> PassiveImplInstrumentation)
       : base(program, checkerPool)
     {
diff --git a/Source/VCGeneration/VCGen.cs b/Source/VCGeneration/VerificationConditionGenerator.cs
similarity index 99%
rename from Source/VCGeneration/VCGen.cs
rename to Source/VCGeneration/VerificationConditionGenerator.cs
index bbf7dc0ce..a74738744 100644
--- a/Source/VCGeneration/VCGen.cs
+++ b/Source/VCGeneration/VerificationConditionGenerator.cs
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ namespace VC
   using Bpl = Microsoft.Boogie;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
-  public class VCGen : ConditionGeneration
+  public class VerificationConditionGenerator : ConditionGeneration
   {
     
     /// <summary>
     /// Constructor.  Initializes the theorem prover.
     /// </summary>
     [NotDelayed]
-    public VCGen(Program program, CheckerPool checkerPool)
+    public VerificationConditionGenerator(Program program, CheckerPool checkerPool)
       : base(program, checkerPool)
     {
       Contract.Requires(program != null);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public CodeExprConversionClosure(TextWriter traceWriter, VCGenOptions options, C
 
       public VCExpr CodeExprToVerificationCondition(CodeExpr codeExpr, List<VCExprLetBinding> bindings, bool isPositiveContext, Dictionary<Cmd, List<object>> debugInfos)
       {
-        VCGen vcgen = new VCGen(new Program(), new CheckerPool(options));
+        VerificationConditionGenerator vcgen = new VerificationConditionGenerator(new Program(), new CheckerPool(options));
         vcgen.variable2SequenceNumber = new Dictionary<Variable, int>();
         vcgen.incarnationOriginMap = new Dictionary<Incarnation, Absy>();
         vcgen.CurrentLocalVariables = codeExpr.LocVars;