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authorGravatar herbelin <herbelin@85f007b7-540e-0410-9357-904b9bb8a0f7>2004-04-15 07:06:40 +0000
committerGravatar herbelin <herbelin@85f007b7-540e-0410-9357-904b9bb8a0f7>2004-04-15 07:06:40 +0000
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- Finally... the final version of Coq 8.0 is coming out. This major
-evolution of the Coq system provides the following features (for changes
-wrt to the beta version of Coq 8.0 see further).
+ Coq version 8.0 is a major evolution of the Coq system. The final
+version of is now coming out.
+
+Coq version 8.0 features
+------------------------
First, the logical system of Coq version 8.0 has been simplified by
removing the impredicativity of the sort Set. This allows to benefit
@@ -36,21 +38,28 @@ statements and various improvements of existing tactics.
Last but not the least, Coq version 8.0 comes with CoqIde, a new
integrated gtk-based user interface in the style of ProofGeneral.
+New book on Coq
+---------------
- For the first time, a comprehensive textbook on the art of Coq is
-going to be published. We are extremely thankful to the authors, Yves
-Bertot and Pierre Casteran, for this essential contribution to the
-development of Coq. This 470-pages book is based on Coq V8.0 and it
-comes with about 200 exercices and their solution in Coq. Details are
-on http://www.labri.fr/~casteran/CoqArt.
+ For the first time, a comprehensive textbook on the art of Coq,
+accompanies the distribution of Coq. We are extremely thankful to the
+authors, Yves Bertot and Pierre Casteran, for this essential
+contribution to the development of Coq. This 470-pages book comes with
+about 200 exercises and their solution in Coq. Details are on
+http://www.labri.fr/~casteran/CoqArt.
+Changes wrt Coq version 8.0 beta
+--------------------------------
- The main change wrt to Coq 8.0 beta is a modified semantics of the
+ The main change wrt to Coq 8.0 beta is a different semantics for the
if-then-else construction, which may lead to the need of rerunning the
-translator, or to modify some few lines by hand. All other
-modifications consist in extensions or bug fixes (see file
-Changes.html on Coq web site for the details).
+translator, or to modify a few lines by hand. The other modifications
+mainly consist in extensions or upgrading (a few tactics and commands,
+XML exportation of theories and proof scripts, coqdoc compatibility)
+and bug fixes. See file Changes.html on Coq web site for details.
+Downloading and documentation
+-----------------------------
The sources of Coq V8.0, including its integrated development
environment, are available from http://coq.inria.fr/ and
@@ -71,5 +80,6 @@ Note that you can now choose your personal options at
http://pauillac.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/coq-club and consult the
mails archive at http://pauillac.inria.fr/pipermail/coq-club.
+
The Coq development team