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replay vs update
Tom explains the difference between replay and update.
itla
Tom sketches up an interface on top of arch that will make the interaction with arch easier and more convenient. He also shows how this interface could be the basis for the famous overarch framework.
"is there demand for itla?" (main post)
ITLA is the name for a proposed program which acts as an extensible, interactive front end to tla. It could be used for a long-lived interactive session (like GDB), or for one shot commands."itla (...)" (background info about itla)
ITLA is a customizable, extensible, self-documenting, interactive front-end to tla. It's useful on its own as a command line program and, in combination with other tools, it can serve as a "driver" program for a GUI, curses, and Emacs-based interfaces."itla is not overarch" (background info about a possible convergence between itla and overarch)
I just wanted to briefly clarify the "overarch" concept by explaining it in that context. Itla could make overarch a lot simpler to implement, but wouldn't itself be overarch.
libarch
"librifying libarch" (steps required to make libarch into a true library)
Handling rejects
"Losing information in *.rej" Making *.rej files unrecognized to help avoid mistakes.
The prism-merge technique
"advanced usage advice: the prism technique" Tom's initial mail about this topic.
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