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-# TLA+ Tools
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-Tools for TLA+ specifications and PlusCal algorithms, including the Toolbox, 
-an IDE for writing specifications and running tools to check them.
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-This CodePlex site hosts the source code for the TLA+ Toolbox and TLA+ Tools. 
-The executable versions of the code are available for download through a link on the 
-TLA+ web site at research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/tla/tla.html, 
-under the same M.I.T. license with which the source code has been released. 
-The TLAPS proof system can be downloaded from http://tla.msr-inria.inria.fr/tlaps/content/Home.html. 
-For information about TLA+, visit the TLA+ web site.
-Last edited Jul 29, 2013 at 7:26 PM by lamport, version 7