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     1 Subject: Announcing Isabelle2007
     1 Subject: Announcing Isabelle2008
     2 To: isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk
     2 To: isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk
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     4 Isabelle2007 is finally available.
     4 Isabelle2008 is now available.
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     6 This release introduces fundamental changes over Isabelle2005, see the
     6 This release mostly consolidates Isabelle2007, see the NEWS file in
     7 NEWS file in the distribution for more details.  Numerous existing
     7 the distribution for more details.  Some notable improvements are:
     8 concepts have been generalized and re-implemented based on novel
       
     9 system architecture.  New theories and proof tools have been added
       
    10 (mostly for HOL).  Some highlights are:
       
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    12 * Support for nominal datatypes (binding structures) due to the
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    13 HOL-Nominal logic.
       
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    15 * General local theory infrastructure for specifications depending on
       
    16 parameters and assumptions (e.g. from locales, classes).
       
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    18 * New basic specification elements 'definition', 'axiomatization',
       
    19 'abbreviation', 'notation'.
       
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    21 * New version of 'inductive' package for inductive predicates;
       
    22 separate variant 'inductive_set'.
       
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    24 * New 'function' package for general recursive function definitions.
       
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    26 * New 'class' package combination of axclass + locale interpretation.
       
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    28 * Built-in Metis prover, external linkup for automated provers, and
       
    29 'sledgehammer' command for automated proof synthesis.
       
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    31 * Auto quickcheck: toplevel goals are tested for counterexamples
       
    32 automatically when they are stated.
       
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    34 * Second generation code generator for a subset of HOL, targeting SML,
       
    35 Haskell, and OCaml.
       
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    37 * Command 'normal_form' and method "normalization" for evaluating
       
    38 terms with free variables.
       
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    40 * Full list comprehension syntax for HOL.
       
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    42 * Much improved algebraic capabilities, including Groebner bases.
       
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    44 * Embedding of ML code into theories with static references to the
       
    45 logical context (via antiquotations).
       
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    47 * Parallel loading of theories based on native multicore support in
       
    48 Poly/ML 5.1.
       
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    51 You may get Isabelle2007 from the following mirror sites:
    12 You may get Isabelle2008 from the following mirror sites:
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    53   Cambridge (UK)       http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/
    14   Cambridge (UK)       http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/
    54   Munich (Germany)     http://isabelle.in.tum.de/
    15   Munich (Germany)     http://isabelle.in.tum.de/
    55   Sydney (Australia)   http://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/isabelle/
    16   Sydney (Australia)   http://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/isabelle/