--- a/LMCS-Review Thu Dec 29 18:05:13 2011 +0000
+++ b/LMCS-Review Mon Jan 02 16:13:16 2012 +0000
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
> algorithm W [...]." But there is no analysis in the paper of what was
> hard in algorithm W coded with single binders, or explanation of how
> it would be done in the new system reported in this paper showing why
-> the new approach works better in practice. Although this example is
+> the new approach works better in practice.
+
+Added
+
+> Although this example is
> one of the main motivations given for the work, there is apparently no
> formalization of algorithm W in the library of examples that comes
> with Nominal2 described in this paper. I think that should be
@@ -59,24 +63,35 @@
> binding single variables have not fared extremely well with the more
> advanced tasks in the POPLmark challenge [2], because also there one
> would like to bind multiple variables at once.").
->
+
+No time to provide full examples yet. They will be provided
+once Nominal2 becomes more mature and people are using it
+and help to provide theories.
+
> The new Isabelle package "Nominal2", described in this paper, is not
> ready for users without a lot of hand-holding from the Nominal2
> developers. This paper would have more impact if interested users
> could try the tool without so much difficulty.
->
+
+The plan is to have Nominal Isabelle be part of the next stable
+release of Isabelle, which should be out before the summer 2012.
+At the moment it can be downloaded as a bundle and is ready
+to be used (we have confirmation from two groups for this).
+
> A few more specific points:
>
> Bottom of p.7: I don't understand the paragraph containing equations
> (2.4) and (2.5).
->
+
+
> Bottom of p.9: The parameters R and fa of the alpha equivalence
> relation are dropped in the examples, so the examples are not clear.
> I think there is a typo in the first example: "It can be easily
> checked that ({x,y},x->y) and ({y,x},y->x) are alpha-equivalent [...]"
> Did you mean "({x,y},x->y) and ({y,x},x->y) are alpha-equivalent"?
->
->
+
+
+
> Referee no 2:
>
> * The paper can be accepted for Logical Methods in Computer Science