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 ====== Welcome to the TLA+ Wiki ======
 This wiki is community driven, and aims to become a useful resource for TLA+ users.
-===== TLA+ ======
+===== TLA+ and TLC ======
-'''
+TLA+ is a high-level language for modeling programs and systems--especially concurrent and distributed ones.  It's based on the idea that the best way to describe things precisely is with simple mathematics.  TLA+ and its tools are useful for eliminating fundamental design errors, which are hard to find and expensive to correct in code.
----------------------- MODULE HourClock ----------------------
+TLC is a model checker for specifications written in TLA+.
+<code>
+----- MODULE HourClock -----
 EXTENDS Naturals
 VARIABLE hr
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 HCnxt  ==  hr' = IF hr # 12 THEN hr + 1 ELSE 1
 HC  ==  HCini /\ [][HCnxt]_hr
---------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------
 THEOREM  HC => []HCini
-==============================================================
+=======================
-'''
+----- CONFIG HourClock -----
+(***************************************************************************)
+(* This is a TLC configuration file for testing that HCini is an invariant *)
+(* of the specification HC                                                 *)
+(***************************************************************************)
+SPECIFICATION HC
+   \* This statement tells TLC that HC is the specification that it
+   \* should check.
+INVARIANT HCini
+   \* This statement tells TLC to check that formula HCini is an
+   \* invariant of the specification--in other words, that the
+   \* specification implies []HCini.
+======================
+</code>
 ==== Contributing ====
+These are some of the ways you can contribute.
+=== Wiki ===
 Contributions to the wiki are very welcome!
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 You can learn the syntax from [[wiki:syntax|here]]. Markdown is not supported.
+=== Tools ===
+Currently the main areas are the [[codebase:start|TLC model checker]] (java), and the [[using:vscode:start|Visual Studio Extension]].
+If you're looking for some inspiration, be sure to check the monthly development update that usually has good first contribution ideas: [[https://foundation.tlapl.us/blog/index.html]]
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