wenzelm@27005: Subject: Announcing Isabelle2008
wenzelm@9928: To: isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk
wenzelm@9928: 
wenzelm@27005: Isabelle2008 is now available.
wenzelm@17544: 
wenzelm@27007: This release consolidates Isabelle2007, see the NEWS file in the
wenzelm@27007: distribution for more details.  Some notable improvements are:
wenzelm@27007: 
wenzelm@27066: * HOL: significant speedup of Metis prover; proper support for
wenzelm@27066: multithreading.
wenzelm@27066: 
wenzelm@27066: * HOL: new version of 'primrec' command supporting type-inference and
wenzelm@27066: local theory targets.
wenzelm@27066: 
wenzelm@27066: * HOL: improved support for termination proofs of recursive function
wenzelm@27066: definitions.
wenzelm@27007: 
wenzelm@27010: * New local theory targets for class instantiation and overloading.
wenzelm@27007: 
wenzelm@27010: * Support for named dynamic lists of theorems.
wenzelm@17544: 
wenzelm@27007: * Simple TTY interface with command-line editing.
wenzelm@27007: 
wenzelm@27007: * Improved support for the Cygwin platform (Windows).
wenzelm@27007: 
wenzelm@27007: * Support for Poly/ML 5.2 with improved handling of multithreading and
wenzelm@27007: external processes.
wenzelm@12927: 
wenzelm@27066: * Reorganized and updated version of Isabelle/Isar Reference Manual.
wenzelm@27061: 
wenzelm@12983: 
wenzelm@27005: You may get Isabelle2008 from the following mirror sites:
wenzelm@9928: 
haftmann@17696:   Cambridge (UK)       http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/
haftmann@17696:   Munich (Germany)     http://isabelle.in.tum.de/
kleing@14616:   Sydney (Australia)   http://mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/isabelle/