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+The Isabelle System Distribution
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+The Isabelle System Distribution
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+Version information
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+This is Isabelle-94 revision 8 as of May
+1997. Basically, it should be backwards compatible to earlier
+Isabelle-94 releases. Older versions (like Isabelle-93) are quite
+different, though. See also the NEWS file in the distribution
+for a more detailed list of new features and changes.
+
+
+System requirements
+
+Isabelle requires a real Unix box with sufficient resources. Fun
+starts at about 32MB of RAM (somewhat depending on your ML system),
+several tens of MB disk space and with a relatively fast CPU.
+
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+Furthermore, it needs the following software, which is not part of the
+distribution:
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+- A full Standard ML Compiler (e.g. Poly/ML or SML of New Jersey).
+
- The GNU bash shell (version 1.14.x or 2.x).
+
- Perl 5.x - the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
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+The ML system and GNU bash are absolutely essential. Perl is optional
+for core functionality, but still highly recommended.
+
+
+
+The following ML system and platform combinations are known to work
+quite well:
+
+- Poly/ML versions 2.x and 3.1 on Suns (running SunOS 4.1.x or
+Solaris 2.x).
+
- SML/NJ 0.93 on Suns and SGIs. There seem to be several
+problems with Linux and HP-UX.
+
- SML/NJ 1.07 on Suns, Linux, etc.
+
- SML/NJ 1.09.27 on Suns, Linux, etc.
+
+
+
+
+Poly/ML is a commercial product and costs money, but it is stable and
+efficient. It requires relatively little memory (starting at about
+16MB) and disk space (about 40MB for all distributed object logics).
+See here for more
+information.
+
+
+
+SML/NJ needs lots of store and disk space, but it is free. The last
+offificial release is 0.93.
+
+Recent working versions may be better suited, under normal
+circumstances. Beware of the many incompatibilities among SML/NJ
+versions! From the 1.09.x family, we now only support 1.09.27, or
+later.
+
+
+
+To obtain Standard ML of New Jersey, see the here. An
+unofficial pre-built binary distribution of SML/NJ 1.09.27 for Linux
+is available here.
+
+
+
Installation
+
+See file INSTALL in the Isabelle sources on how to build the
+system. Further background information may be found in the
+Isabelle System Manual, distributed as dvi with the
+sources.
+
+
+Other sources of information
+
+Mailing list
+
+The electronic mailing list isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk
+provides a forum for Isabelle users to discuss problems and exchange
+information. To join, send a message to
+isabelle-users-request@cl.cam.ac.uk.
+
+
+Personal mail
+
+Lawrence C Paulson
+Computer Laboratory
+University of Cambridge
+Pembroke Street
+Cambridge CB2 3QG
+England
+
+E-mail: lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk
+Phone: +44-223-334600
+Fax: +44-223-334748
+
+
+or
+
+
+Tobias Nipkow
+Institut fuer Informatik
+T. U. Muenchen
+D-80290 Muenchen
+Germany
+
+E-mail: nipkow@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
+Phone: +49-89-289-22690
+Fax: +49-89-289-28183
+
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+Please report any problems you encounter. While we shall try to be
+helpful, we can accept no responsibility for the deficiences of
+Isabelle and their consequences.
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