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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. See the |
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<tt>NEWS</tt> file in the distribution for details on user-relevant |
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<h2>System requirements</h2> |
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Isabelle requires a real Unix box with sufficient resources, say 64 MB |
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of free main memory and a decent CPU. Speaking by today's hardware |
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standards, any moderate Linux box should give a very nice platform for |
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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 on Linux/x86, Solaris/Sparc, and PowerPC platforms. |
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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 href="http://smlnj.sourceforge.net/">SML/NJ</a> needs more |
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store and disk space, but on the other hand supports more platforms. |
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The current official release is 110. |
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<h2>Installation</h2> |
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Binary packages are available for Isabelle/HOL and ZF for several |
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platforms from the Isabelle web page. The system may be easily built |
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from scratch as well, taking the traditional tar.gz source |
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distribution. See file <tt>INSTALL</tt> as distributed with Isabelle |
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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://proofgeneral.inf.ed.ac.uk/">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 is distributed together with the XEmacs |
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<a href="http://x-symbol.sourceforge.net"> |
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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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JJ Thomson Avenue<br> |
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Cambridge CB3 0FD<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: +44-223-763500<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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Technische Universit� Mnchen<br> |
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Boltzmannstr. 3<br> |
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D-85748 Garching<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: +49-89-289-17302<br> |
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Fax: +49-89-289-17307<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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