Toward a Practical Module System for ACL2

Authors:
Carl Eastlund;Matthias Felleisen
Affiliations:
Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A.;Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A.
Venue:
PADL '09 Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Boyer and Moore's ACL2 theorem prover combines first-order applicative Common Lisp with a computational, first-order logic. While ACL2 has become popular and is being used for large programs, ACL2 forces programmers to rely on manually maintained protocols for managing modularity. In this paper, we present a prototype of Modular ACL2. The system extends ACL2 with a simple, but pragmatic functional module system. We provide an informal introduction, sketch a formal semantics, and report on our first experiences.