ISABELLE-93 DISTRIBUTION DIRECTORY

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ISABELLE-93 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH EARLIER VERSIONS.  PLEASE CONSULT THE

DOCUMENTATION.

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This directory contains the complete Isabelle system.  To build and test the

entire system, including all object-logics, use the shell script make-all.

Pure Isabelle and each of the object-logics can be built separately using the

Makefiles in the respective directories; read them for more information.

				THE MAKEFILES

The Makefiles can use two different Standard ML compilers: Poly/ML version

2.03 or later (from Abstract Hardware Ltd) and Standard ML of New Jersey

(Version 0.93 or later).  Poly/ML is a commercial product and costs money,

but it is reliable and its database system is convenient for interactive

work.  SML of New Jersey requires lots of store and disc space, but it is

free and its code sometimes runs faster.  Both compilers are perfectly

satisfactory for running Isabelle.

The Makefiles and make-all use enviroment variables that you should set

according to your site configuration.

ISABELLEBIN is the directory to hold Poly/ML databases or New Jersey ML

images.  When using Poly/ML, ISABELLEBIN must be an absolute pathname (one

starting with "/").

ML_DBASE is an *absolute* pathname to the initial Poly/ML database (not

required for New Jersey ML).

ISABELLECOMP is the ML compiler, typically "poly -noDisplay" or "sml".  If

ISABELLECOMP begins with the letters "poly" then the Makefiles assume that

it is Poly/ML; if it begins with the letters "sml" then they assume

Standard ML of New Jersey.  

If a Poly/ML session fails with the message "Run out of store" then you

have used up the entire heap.  If your tactic is not in a loop, allocating

more heap at startup should correct the problem.  For instance, "poly -h

15000" allocates sufficient heap space to rebuild all Isabelle examples.

			 STRUCTURE OF THIS DIRECTORY

The directory Pure containes pure Isabelle, which has no object-logic.

Other important files include...

  COPYRIGHT   		Copyright notice and Disclaimer of Warranty

  make-all		shell script for building entire system

  change_simp		shell script to help convert sources to new simplifier

  expandshort		shell script to expand "shortcuts" in files

  prove_goal.el       	Emacs command to change proof format

  xlisten		shell script for running Isabelle under X

  teeinput		shell script to run Isabelle, logging inputs to a file

  Pure			directory of source files for Pure Isabelle

  Provers		directory of generic theorem provers

xlisten sets up a window running Isabelle, with a separate small "listener"

window, which keeps a log of all input lines.  This log is a useful record

of a session.  If you are not running X windows, teeinput can still be used at

least to record (if not to display) the log.

The following subdirectories contain object-logics:

  FOL 	  Natural deduction First-Order Logic (intuitionistic and classical)

  FOLP 	  First-Order Logic with Proof terms

  ZF	  Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory

  CTT	  Constructive Type Theory

  HOL	  Classical Higher-Order Logic

  LK	  Classical first-order sequent calculus

  Modal	  The modal logics T, S4, S43

  LCF     Logic for Computable Functions (domain theory)

  CCL	  Martin Coen's Classical Computational Logic

  Cube	  Barendregt's Lambda Cube

Object-logics include examples files in subdirectory ex or file ex.ML.

These files can be loaded in batch mode.  The commands can also be

executed interactively, using the windows on your workstation.  This is a

good way to get started.

Each object-logic is built on top of Pure Isabelle, and possibly on top of

another object logic like FOL or LK.  A database or binary called Pure is

first created, then the object-logic is loaded on top.  Poly/ML extends

Pure using its "make_database" operation.  Standard ML of New Jersey starts

with the Pure core image and loads the object-logic's ROOT.ML.

		HOW TO GET A STANDARD ML COMPILER

To obtain Poly/ML, contact Mike Crawley <mjc@ahl.co.uk> at Abstract

Hardware Ltd, The Howell Building, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH,

England.

To obtain Standard ML of New Jersey, contact David MacQueen

<dbm@com.att.research> at AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue,

Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA.  This compiler is available by FTP.  Connect to

research.att.com; login as anonymous with your userid as password; set

binary mode; transfer files from the directory dist/ml.

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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.

Lawrence C Paulson		E-mail: lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk

Computer Laboratory 		Phone: +44-223-334600

University of Cambridge 	Fax:   +44-223-334748 

Pembroke Street 

Cambridge CB2 3QG 

England

Tobias Nipkow			E-mail: nipkow@informatik.tu-muenchen.de

Institut fuer Informatik	Phone: +49-89-2105-2690

T. U. Muenchen			Fax:   +49-89-2105-8183

D-80290 Muenchen

Germany

Last updated 13 December 1993