COQ(1)

📦 version 8.18.0, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 COQ(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual entry for Coq, the native-code era of everyone's favorite proof assistant. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

coqtop.opt — The native-code Coq toplevel 👑

(yes, that's how it's spelled in the NAME section, and yes, we're getting to the plot twist in a sec)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

coqopt.opt [ options ] [ file ]
okay so fun fact: the NAME says coqtop.opt and the SYNOPSIS says coqopt.opt. not me noticing the difference 😭 we're keeping both spellings exactly as the page gives them, no editing, no "fixing", periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so coqopt.opt is the native-code version of Coq. iconic. slay. compiled and fast and everything.

but here's the thing, bestie — it is not meant to be called directly. nope. not by you, not by me, not by anyone feeling brave on a Tuesday. 🙈

it should only be called by coqtop and coqc. those two are the ones running the show. coqopt.opt is like the backstage crew — doing the real work, absolutely carrying the production, and yet not the one you talk to. main character energy from a supporting role, fr fr. ✨

so like: don't invoke it yourself. let coqtop and coqc handle that. it's giving "please go through the proper channels". 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • coqtop(1) — go say hi 👋
  • coqc(1) — also go say hi 👋
  • The Coq Reference Manual — the actual lore, the deep dives, the whole encyclopedia 📚
  • The Coq web site: http://coq.inria.fr — the mothership 🛸

🎀 a lil sign-off 🎀

that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and lowkey mysterious. the footer of this manual page is just the page name COQ(1) printed back at us (the General Commands Manual crowd, keeping it minimalist 💜), so there's no version number and no date to spill — that's literally all the footer gives us, and we respect it.

stay proofy out there. 🧚💖

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