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Sure, but that's somewhat orthogonal to my point.

Yes, you could basically do anything that TLA+ does inside of Isabelle (more familiar with that one than Coq), but it's harder. I think what makes TLA+ interesting is that an engineer with basically no understanding of anything more complex than "I basically know what a set is" can be useful within an afternoon or two.

I love Isabelle but it's got a substantially steeper learning curve than TLA+. I'm not saying it's unnecessarily steep, because Isabelle is a lot more versatile than TLA+, but as a result it's a fairly difficult sell for employers, at least in my experience.



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