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<title>The Isabelle System Distribution</title> |
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<h1>The Isabelle System Distribution</h1> |
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<h2>Version information</h2> |
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This is the internal repository version of Isabelle. The current line |
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of Isabelle99 development introduces many new concepts, while |
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attempting to keep incompatibilities over Isabelle98 at a minimum. |
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See the <tt>NEWS</tt> file in the distribution for more details. |
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<h2>System requirements</h2> |
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Isabelle requires a real Unix box with sufficient resources. Fun |
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starts at about 32-64 MB of free main memory (somewhat depending on |
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the ML system), with several tens of MB disk space and a decent CPU. |
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Speaking by today's hardware standards, any moderate Linux box should |
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give a very nice platform for Isabelle. |
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Furthermore, Isabelle needs the following software, which is not part |
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of the distribution: |
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<li> A full Standard ML Compiler (e.g. Poly/ML). |
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<li> The GNU bash shell (version 1.x or 2.x). |
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<li> Perl 5.x - the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (Perl 4.x |
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is <em>not</em> sufficient). |
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The following ML system and platform combinations are known to work |
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very well: |
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<li> Poly/ML 4.x and 3.x on Linux/x86 and Solaris/Sparc. |
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<li> SML/NJ 110.x on any Unix platform (Linux, Suns, SGI etc.). |
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<p> <a href="http://www.polyml.org/">Poly/ML</a>, previously a |
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commercial product, is back in the free world. It is by far the best |
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compiler for running Isabelle, requiring the least memory and offering |
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the highest performance. |
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<p> <a |
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href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/software.html">SML/NJ</a> |
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needs lots of store and disk space, but supports many more platforms. |
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The current official release is 110. Basically, we still support the |
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old 0.93 release, but do not recommend to use it under normal |
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circumstances. |
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<p> MLWorks is a commercial ML programming environment developed by <a |
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href="http://www.harlequin.com/">Harlequin</a> and was unfortunately |
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withdrawn after that company was taken over. Isabelle on MLWorks 2.0 |
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works reasonably well. |
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<h2>Installation</h2> |
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Binary packages are available for Isabelle/HOL and ZF on the Linux/x86 |
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platform. The system may be easily built from scratch as well, taking |
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the traditional tar.gz source distribution. See file <tt>INSTALL</tt> |
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as distributed with Isabelle for more information. |
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Further background information may be found in the <em>Isabelle System |
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Manual</em>, distributed with the sources (directory <tt>doc</tt>). |
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<h2>User interface</h2> |
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The canonical Isabelle user interface is <a |
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href="http://www.proofgeneral.org">Proof General</a> by David Aspinall |
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and others. It is a generic (X)Emacs interface for proof assistants, |
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including Isabelle (both for the classic and Isar version). Proof |
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General is suitable for use by pacifists and Emacs militants |
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alike. Its most prominent feature is script management, providing a |
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metaphor of <em>live proof script editing</em>. Proof General has |
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recently gained a rather large following of both beginning and expert |
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users of Isabelle. |
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Proof General may be used together with the Emacs |
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<a href="http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~wedler/x-symbol/"> |
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X-Symbol package</a>, which provides a nice way to get proper |
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mathematical symbols displayed on screen. |
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<h2>Other sources of information</h2> |
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<h3>The Isabelle Page</h3> |
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The Isabelle home page may be accessed both from Cambridge and Munich: |
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<li> <a |
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href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/">http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/</a> |
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<li> <a href="http://isabelle.in.tum.de">http://isabelle.in.tum.de</a> |
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<h3>Mailing list</h3> |
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The electronic mailing list <tt>isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk</tt> |
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provides a forum for Isabelle users to discuss problems and exchange |
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information. To join, send a message to <a |
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href="mailto:isabelle-users-request@cl.cam.ac.uk">isabelle-users-request@cl.cam.ac.uk</a>. |
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<h3>Personal mail</h3> |
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<a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/lcp/">Lawrence C Paulson</a><br> |
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Computer Laboratory<br> |
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University of Cambridge<br> |
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Pembroke Street<br> |
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Cambridge CB2 3QG<br> |
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England<br> |
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E-mail: <A HREF="mailto:lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk">lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk</A><br> |
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Phone: +44-223-334600<br> |
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Fax: +44-223-334748<br> |
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<a href="http://www.in.tum.de/~nipkow/">Tobias Nipkow</a><br> |
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Institut für Informatik<br> |
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T. U. München<br> |
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D-80290 München<br> |
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Germany<br> |
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E-mail: <A HREF="mailto:nipkow@in.tum.de">nipkow@in.tum.de</A><br> |
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Phone: +49-89-289-22690<br> |
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Fax: +49-89-289-28183<br> |
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Please report any problems you encounter. While we shall try to be |
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helpful, we can accept no responsibility for the deficiencies of |
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Isabelle and their consequences. |
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