# HG changeset patch # User wenzelm # Date 1212010395 -7200 # Node ID c1960cad50176de2ad7bf979d8cf8ae30fb51a5f # Parent 6ca0c942a25c5641d7d92c7f539fd24cc61a025d added some notable improvements; diff -r 6ca0c942a25c -r c1960cad5017 ANNOUNCE --- a/ANNOUNCE Wed May 28 22:54:05 2008 +0200 +++ b/ANNOUNCE Wed May 28 23:33:15 2008 +0200 @@ -3,10 +3,25 @@ Isabelle2008 is now available. -This release mostly consolidates Isabelle2007, see the NEWS file in -the distribution for more details. Some notable improvements are: +This release consolidates Isabelle2007, see the NEWS file in the +distribution for more details. Some notable improvements are: + +* New version of HOL 'primrec' with local theory support. + +* New local theory targets for class instantiation and unrestricted +overloading. + +* Support for dynamic lists of named theorems. -* ... +* Significant speedup of Metis prover, with proper support for +multithreading. + +* Simple TTY interface with command-line editing. + +* Improved support for the Cygwin platform (Windows). + +* Support for Poly/ML 5.2 with improved handling of multithreading and +external processes. You may get Isabelle2008 from the following mirror sites: