diff --git a/convert-llama-h5-to-gguf.py b/convert-llama-h5-to-gguf.py
index 402fdb68b..0bce659e6 100644
--- a/convert-llama-h5-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-llama-h5-to-gguf.py
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 
 import gguf
 import gguf_namemap as tmap
+
 import os
 import sys
 import struct
 import json
 import numpy as np
+import torch
+
 from typing import Any, List
 from pathlib import Path
-import torch
 from sentencepiece import SentencePieceProcessor
 
-
 #NDArray = np.ndarray[Any, Any]
 # compatible with python < 3.9
 NDArray: 'TypeAlias' = 'np.ndarray[Any, Any]'
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ for part_name in part_names:
             sys.exit()
 
         n_dims = len(data.shape)
-        data_dtype = data.dtype 
+        data_dtype = data.dtype
 
         # if f32 desired, convert any float16 to float32
         if ftype == 0 and data.dtype == np.float16:
@@ -268,7 +269,6 @@ for part_name in part_names:
     for name in model_part.keys():
         data = model_part[name]
 
-    
         old_dtype = data.dtype
 
         # we don't need these
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ for part_name in part_names:
             sys.exit()
 
         n_dims = len(data.shape)
-        data_dtype = data.dtype 
+        data_dtype = data.dtype
 
         # if f32 desired, convert any float16 to float32
         if ftype == 0 and data.dtype == np.float16:
diff --git a/examples/gguf/gguf-llama-simple.cpp b/examples/gguf/gguf-llama-simple.cpp
index 35c3c8183..fa8fc6fef 100644
--- a/examples/gguf/gguf-llama-simple.cpp
+++ b/examples/gguf/gguf-llama-simple.cpp
@@ -6,177 +6,121 @@
 #include "gguf-llama.h"
 #include "build-info.h"
 
-#include <cassert>
-#include <cinttypes>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdio>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <ctime>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#if defined (__unix__) || (defined (__APPLE__) && defined (__MACH__))
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#elif defined (_WIN32)
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#define NOMINMAX
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#endif
-
-
-
-int main(int argc, char ** argv)
-{
+int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     gpt_params params;
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Print help :
-    //---------------------------------
-
-    if ( argc == 1 || argv[1][0] == '-' )
-    {
-        printf( "usage: %s MODEL_PATH [PROMPT]\n" , argv[0] );
+    if (argc == 1 || argv[1][0] == '-') {
+        printf("usage: %s MODEL_PATH [PROMPT]\n" , argv[0]);
         return 1 ;
     }
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Load parameters :
-    //---------------------------------
-
-    if ( argc >= 2 )
-    {
+    if (argc >= 2) {
         params.model = argv[1];
     }
 
-    if ( argc >= 3 )
-    {
+    if (argc >= 3) {
         params.prompt = argv[2];
     }
 
-    if ( params.prompt.empty() )
-    {
+    if (params.prompt.empty()) {
         params.prompt = "Hello my name is";
     }
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Init LLM :
-    //---------------------------------
+    // init LLM
 
     llama_backend_init(params.numa);
 
     llama_context_params ctx_params = llama_context_default_params();
 
     llama_model * model = llama_load_model_from_file(params.model.c_str(), ctx_params);
-    
-    if ( model == NULL )
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr , "%s: error: unable to load model\n" , __func__ );
+
+    if (model == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr , "%s: error: unable to load model\n" , __func__);
         return 1;
     }
 
     llama_context * ctx = llama_new_context_with_model(model, ctx_params);
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Tokenize the prompt :
-    //---------------------------------
+    // tokenize the prompt
 
     std::vector<llama_token> tokens_list;
-    tokens_list = ::llama_tokenize( ctx , params.prompt , true );
+    tokens_list = ::llama_tokenize(ctx, params.prompt, true);
 
-    const int max_context_size     = llama_n_ctx( ctx );
-    const int max_tokens_list_size = max_context_size - 4 ;
+    const int max_context_size     = llama_n_ctx(ctx);
+    const int max_tokens_list_size = max_context_size - 4;
 
-    if ( (int)tokens_list.size() > max_tokens_list_size )
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr , "%s: error: prompt too long (%d tokens, max %d)\n" ,
-             __func__ , (int)tokens_list.size() , max_tokens_list_size );
+    if ((int)tokens_list.size() > max_tokens_list_size) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: prompt too long (%d tokens, max %d)\n", __func__, (int) tokens_list.size(), max_tokens_list_size);
         return 1;
     }
 
-    fprintf( stderr, "\n\n" );
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
 
-    // Print the tokens from the prompt :
-
-    for( auto id : tokens_list )
-    {
-        printf( "%s" , llama_token_to_str( ctx , id ) );
+    for (auto id : tokens_list) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", llama_token_to_str(ctx, id));
     }
 
-    fflush(stdout);
+    fflush(stderr);
 
-
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Main prediction loop :
-    //---------------------------------
+    // main loop
 
     // The LLM keeps a contextual cache memory of previous token evaluation.
     // Usually, once this cache is full, it is required to recompute a compressed context based on previous
     // tokens (see "infinite text generation via context swapping" in the main example), but in this minimalist
     // example, we will just stop the loop once this cache is full or once an end of stream is detected.
 
-    while ( llama_get_kv_cache_token_count( ctx ) < max_context_size )
-    {
-        //---------------------------------
-        // Evaluate the tokens :
-        //---------------------------------
+    while (llama_get_kv_cache_token_count(ctx) < max_context_size) {
+        // evaluate the transformer
 
-        if ( llama_eval( ctx , tokens_list.data() , int(tokens_list.size()) , llama_get_kv_cache_token_count( ctx ) , params.n_threads ) )
-        {
-            fprintf( stderr,  "%s : failed to eval\n" , __func__ );
+        if (llama_eval(ctx, tokens_list.data(), int(tokens_list.size()), llama_get_kv_cache_token_count(ctx), params.n_threads)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s : failed to eval\n", __func__);
             return 1;
         }
 
         tokens_list.clear();
 
-        //---------------------------------
-        // Select the best prediction :
-        //---------------------------------
+        // sample the next token
 
         llama_token new_token_id = 0;
 
-        auto logits  = llama_get_logits( ctx );
-        auto n_vocab = llama_n_vocab( ctx ); // the size of the LLM vocabulary (in tokens)
+        auto logits  = llama_get_logits(ctx);
+        auto n_vocab = llama_n_vocab(ctx);
 
         std::vector<llama_token_data> candidates;
-        candidates.reserve( n_vocab );
+        candidates.reserve(n_vocab);
 
-        for( llama_token token_id = 0 ; token_id < n_vocab ; token_id++ )
-        {
-            candidates.emplace_back( llama_token_data{ token_id , logits[ token_id ] , 0.0f } );
+        for (llama_token token_id = 0; token_id < n_vocab; token_id++) {
+            candidates.emplace_back(llama_token_data{ token_id, logits[token_id], 0.0f });
         }
 
         llama_token_data_array candidates_p = { candidates.data(), candidates.size(), false };
 
-        // Select it using the "Greedy sampling" method :
-        new_token_id = llama_sample_token_greedy( ctx , &candidates_p );
-
+        new_token_id = llama_sample_token_greedy(ctx , &candidates_p);
 
         // is it an end of stream ?
-        if ( new_token_id == llama_token_eos() )
-        {
+        if (new_token_id == llama_token_eos()) {
             fprintf(stderr, " [end of text]\n");
             break;
         }
 
-        // Print the new token :
-        printf( "%s" , llama_token_to_str( ctx , new_token_id ) );
-        fflush( stdout );
+        // print the new token :
+        printf("%s", llama_token_to_str(ctx, new_token_id));
+        fflush(stdout);
 
-        // Push this new token for next evaluation :
-        tokens_list.push_back( new_token_id );
+        // push this new token for next evaluation
+        tokens_list.push_back(new_token_id);
 
-    } // wend of main loop
+    }
 
-    llama_free( ctx );
-    llama_free_model( model );
+    llama_free(ctx);
+    llama_free_model(model);
 
     llama_backend_free();
 
     return 0;
 }
-
-// EOF
diff --git a/examples/simple/simple.cpp b/examples/simple/simple.cpp
index 97137a658..55cce1044 100644
--- a/examples/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -2,180 +2,125 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #endif
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "llama.h"
 #include "build-info.h"
 
-#include <cassert>
-#include <cinttypes>
+#include "common.h"
+#include "llama.h"
+
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdio>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <ctime>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#if defined (__unix__) || (defined (__APPLE__) && defined (__MACH__))
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#elif defined (_WIN32)
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#define NOMINMAX
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#endif
-
-
-
-int main(int argc, char ** argv)
-{
+int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     gpt_params params;
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Print help :
-    //---------------------------------
-
-    if ( argc == 1 || argv[1][0] == '-' )
-    {
-        printf( "usage: %s MODEL_PATH [PROMPT]\n" , argv[0] );
+    if (argc == 1 || argv[1][0] == '-') {
+        printf("usage: %s MODEL_PATH [PROMPT]\n" , argv[0]);
         return 1 ;
     }
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Load parameters :
-    //---------------------------------
-
-    if ( argc >= 2 )
-    {
+    if (argc >= 2) {
         params.model = argv[1];
     }
 
-    if ( argc >= 3 )
-    {
+    if (argc >= 3) {
         params.prompt = argv[2];
     }
 
-    if ( params.prompt.empty() )
-    {
+    if (params.prompt.empty()) {
         params.prompt = "Hello my name is";
     }
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Init LLM :
-    //---------------------------------
+    // init LLM
 
     llama_backend_init(params.numa);
 
     llama_model * model;
     llama_context * ctx;
 
-    std::tie(model, ctx) = llama_init_from_gpt_params( params );
+    std::tie(model, ctx) = llama_init_from_gpt_params(params);
 
-    if ( model == NULL )
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr , "%s: error: unable to load model\n" , __func__ );
+    if (model == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: unable to load model\n", __func__);
         return 1;
     }
 
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Tokenize the prompt :
-    //---------------------------------
+    // tokenize the prompt
 
     std::vector<llama_token> tokens_list;
-    tokens_list = ::llama_tokenize( ctx , params.prompt , true );
+    tokens_list = ::llama_tokenize(ctx, params.prompt, true);
 
-    const int max_context_size     = llama_n_ctx( ctx );
-    const int max_tokens_list_size = max_context_size - 4 ;
+    const int max_context_size     = llama_n_ctx(ctx);
+    const int max_tokens_list_size = max_context_size - 4;
 
-    if ( (int)tokens_list.size() > max_tokens_list_size )
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr , "%s: error: prompt too long (%d tokens, max %d)\n" ,
-             __func__ , (int)tokens_list.size() , max_tokens_list_size );
+    if ((int)tokens_list.size() > max_tokens_list_size) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: prompt too long (%d tokens, max %d)\n", __func__, (int) tokens_list.size(), max_tokens_list_size);
         return 1;
     }
 
-    fprintf( stderr, "\n\n" );
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n\n");
 
-    // Print the tokens from the prompt :
-
-    for( auto id : tokens_list )
-    {
-        printf( "%s" , llama_token_to_str( ctx , id ) );
+    for (auto id : tokens_list) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", llama_token_to_str(ctx, id));
     }
 
-    fflush(stdout);
+    fflush(stderr);
 
-
-    //---------------------------------
-    // Main prediction loop :
-    //---------------------------------
+    // main loop
 
     // The LLM keeps a contextual cache memory of previous token evaluation.
     // Usually, once this cache is full, it is required to recompute a compressed context based on previous
     // tokens (see "infinite text generation via context swapping" in the main example), but in this minimalist
     // example, we will just stop the loop once this cache is full or once an end of stream is detected.
 
-    while ( llama_get_kv_cache_token_count( ctx ) < max_context_size )
-    {
-        //---------------------------------
-        // Evaluate the tokens :
-        //---------------------------------
+    while (llama_get_kv_cache_token_count( ctx ) < max_context_size) {
+        // evaluate the transformer
 
-        if ( llama_eval( ctx , tokens_list.data() , int(tokens_list.size()) , llama_get_kv_cache_token_count( ctx ) , params.n_threads ) )
-        {
-            fprintf( stderr,  "%s : failed to eval\n" , __func__ );
+        if (llama_eval(ctx, tokens_list.data(), int(tokens_list.size()), llama_get_kv_cache_token_count(ctx), params.n_threads)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s : failed to eval\n", __func__);
             return 1;
         }
 
         tokens_list.clear();
 
-        //---------------------------------
-        // Select the best prediction :
-        //---------------------------------
+        // sample the next token
 
         llama_token new_token_id = 0;
 
-        auto logits  = llama_get_logits( ctx );
-        auto n_vocab = llama_n_vocab( ctx ); // the size of the LLM vocabulary (in tokens)
+        auto logits  = llama_get_logits(ctx);
+        auto n_vocab = llama_n_vocab(ctx);
 
         std::vector<llama_token_data> candidates;
-        candidates.reserve( n_vocab );
+        candidates.reserve(n_vocab);
 
-        for( llama_token token_id = 0 ; token_id < n_vocab ; token_id++ )
-        {
-            candidates.emplace_back( llama_token_data{ token_id , logits[ token_id ] , 0.0f } );
+        for (llama_token token_id = 0; token_id < n_vocab; token_id++) {
+            candidates.emplace_back(llama_token_data{ token_id, logits[token_id], 0.0f });
         }
 
         llama_token_data_array candidates_p = { candidates.data(), candidates.size(), false };
 
-        // Select it using the "Greedy sampling" method :
-        new_token_id = llama_sample_token_greedy( ctx , &candidates_p );
-
+        new_token_id = llama_sample_token_greedy(ctx , &candidates_p);
 
         // is it an end of stream ?
-        if ( new_token_id == llama_token_eos() )
-        {
+        if (new_token_id == llama_token_eos()) {
             fprintf(stderr, " [end of text]\n");
             break;
         }
 
-        // Print the new token :
-        printf( "%s" , llama_token_to_str( ctx , new_token_id ) );
-        fflush( stdout );
+        // print the new token :
+        printf("%s", llama_token_to_str(ctx, new_token_id));
+        fflush(stdout);
 
-        // Push this new token for next evaluation :
-        tokens_list.push_back( new_token_id );
+        // push this new token for next evaluation
+        tokens_list.push_back(new_token_id);
 
-    } // wend of main loop
+    }
 
-    llama_free( ctx );
-    llama_free_model( model );
+    llama_free(ctx);
+    llama_free_model(model);
 
     llama_backend_free();
 
     return 0;
 }
-
-// EOF
diff --git a/gguf-util.h b/gguf-util.h
index db0233cfc..6bbabf667 100644
--- a/gguf-util.h
+++ b/gguf-util.h
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 #ifndef GGUF_UTIL_H
 #define GGUF_UTIL_H
+
 #include "ggml.h"
+
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cerrno>
@@ -62,7 +64,6 @@ static std::string format(const char * fmt, ...) {
     return std::string(buf.data(), size);
 }
 
-
 template<typename T>
 static std::string to_string(const T & val) {
     std::stringstream ss;