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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 development introduces many new features, while attempting to keep |
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incompatibilities over Isabelle98-X at a minimum. See the |
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<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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your 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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make a 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 3.x on Linux and Suns. |
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<li> SML/NJ 110.x on any Unix platform (e.g. Linux, Suns). |
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<li> SML/NJ 0.93 on Suns and SGIs. There seem to be several |
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problems with Linux and HP-UX, though. |
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<p> <A HREF="http://www.polyml.org/">Poly/ML</A>, previously a commercial |
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product, is back in the public domain. It is the best compiler for running |
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Isabelle, requiring the least memory and offering the fastest performance. |
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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 it is free. The current |
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official release is 110 (there is an <a |
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href="ftp://ftp.cl.cam.ac.uk/MIRRORED/smlnj/release/110/smlnj-110.0-3.i386.rpm">RPM |
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archive</a> available for Linux/x86). We still support the old 0.93 |
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release, but do not recommend it. |
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<p> MLWorks is a commercial ML programming environment developed by |
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<a href="http://www.harlequin.com/">Harlequin</A> and was |
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unfortunately withdrawn after that company was taken over. Isabelle on |
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MLWorks 2.0 works well. It is about 20% faster than on SML/NJ while using |
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slightly less memory and disk space. A few minor features (e.g. ML top-level |
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pretty printing) are not supported, though. |
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<h2>Installation</h2> |
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Binary rpm packages are available for Isabelle/HOL and ZF on the |
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Linux/x86 platform. Alternatively, the system may be built from |
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scratch as described in file <tt>INSTALL</tt> of the Isabelle sources. |
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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 interfaces</h2> |
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The distribution includes only a very primitive interface based on |
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ordinary terminal sessions. Advanced interfaces are available from |
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<a href="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/da/Isamode/">Isamode</a> by |
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David Aspinall is a more elaborate interface for Isabelle. It runs |
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under recent versions of XEmacs and is useful to both novices and |
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experts. |
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<a href="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/proofgen/">Proof General</a> is |
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a generic Emacs interface for proof assistants, including Isabelle |
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(both for the classic and Isar version). Proof General is suitable |
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for use by pacifists and Emacs militants alike. Its most prominent |
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feature is script management, providing a metaphor of <em>live proof |
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script editing</em>. |
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<h2>Other sources of information</h2> |
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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 |
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<A 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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or |
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<a href="http://www.in.tum.de/~nipkow/">Tobias Nipkow</a><br> |
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Institut fuer Informatik<br> |
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T. U. Muenchen<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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