diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Base.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Base.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Base.hs	2008-03-29 18:24:12.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Base.hs	2015-11-27 06:38:28.740840823 +0000
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 module Alice.Core.Base where
 
 import Control.Monad
+import Control.Applicative
 import Data.IORef
 import Data.List
 import Data.Time
@@ -61,10 +62,21 @@
 type CRMC a b = IORef RState -> IO a -> (b -> IO a) -> IO a
 newtype CRM b = CRM { runCRM :: forall a . CRMC a b }
 
+instance Functor CRM where
+  fmap = liftM
+  
+instance Applicative CRM where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
 instance Monad CRM where
   return r  = CRM $ \ _ _ k -> k r
   m >>= n   = CRM $ \ s z k -> runCRM m s z (\ r -> runCRM (n r) s z k)
 
+instance Alternative CRM where
+  (<|>) = mplus
+  empty = mzero
+  
 instance MonadPlus CRM where
   mzero     = CRM $ \ _ z _ -> z
   mplus m n = CRM $ \ s z k -> runCRM m s (runCRM n s z k) k
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Thesis.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Thesis.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Thesis.hs	2008-03-05 13:10:50.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/Core/Thesis.hs	2015-11-27 06:35:08.311015166 +0000
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 module Alice.Core.Thesis (thesis) where
 
 import Control.Monad
+import Control.Applicative
 import Data.List
 import Data.Maybe
 
@@ -126,11 +127,22 @@
 
 newtype TM res = TM { runTM :: [String] -> [([String], res)] }
 
+instance Functor TM where
+  fmap = liftM
+
+instance Applicative TM where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
 instance Monad TM where
   return r  = TM $ \ s -> [(s, r)]
   m >>= k   = TM $ \ s -> concatMap apply (runTM m s)
     where apply (s, r) = runTM (k r) s
 
+instance Alternative TM where
+  (<|>) = mplus
+  empty = mzero
+    
 instance MonadPlus TM where
   mzero     = TM $ \ _ -> []
   mplus m k = TM $ \ s -> runTM m s ++ runTM k s
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Base.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Base.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Base.hs	2008-03-09 09:36:39.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Base.hs	2015-11-27 06:32:47.782738005 +0000
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 -- Database reader
 
 readPrDB :: String -> IO [Prover]
-readPrDB file = do  inp <- catch (readFile file) $ die . ioeGetErrorString
+readPrDB file = do  inp <- catchIOError (readFile file) $ die . ioeGetErrorString
 
                     let dws = dropWhile isSpace
                         cln = reverse . dws . reverse . dws
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Prover.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Prover.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Prover.hs	2008-03-09 09:36:39.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/Export/Prover.hs	2015-11-27 06:36:47.632919161 +0000
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       when (askIB IBPdmp False ins) $ putStrLn tsk
 
       seq (length tsk) $ return $
-        do  (wh,rh,eh,ph) <- catch run
+        do  (wh,rh,eh,ph) <- catchIOError run
                 $ \ e -> die $ "run error: " ++ ioeGetErrorString e
 
             hPutStrLn wh tsk ; hClose wh
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/ForTheL/Base.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/ForTheL/Base.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/ForTheL/Base.hs	2008-03-09 09:36:39.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/ForTheL/Base.hs	2015-11-27 06:31:51.921230428 +0000
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 varlist = do  vs <- chainEx (char ',') var
               nodups vs ; return vs
 
-nodups vs = unless (null $ dups vs) $
+nodups vs = unless ((null :: [a] -> Bool) $ dups vs) $
               fail $ "duplicate names: " ++ show vs
 
 hidden  = askPS psOffs >>= \ n -> return ('h':show n)
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Import/Reader.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/Import/Reader.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Import/Reader.hs	2008-03-09 09:36:39.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/Import/Reader.hs	2015-11-27 06:36:41.818866167 +0000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import Control.Monad
 import System.IO
 import System.IO.Error
-import System.Exit
+import System.Exit hiding (die)
 
 import Alice.Data.Text
 import Alice.Data.Instr
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 readInit ""   = return []
 
 readInit file =
-  do  input <- catch (readFile file) $ die file . ioeGetErrorString
+  do  input <- catchIOError (readFile file) $ die file . ioeGetErrorString
       let tkn = tokenize input ; ips = initPS ()
           inp = ips { psRest = tkn, psFile = file, psLang = "Init" }
       liftM fst $ fireLPM instf inp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 reader lb fs (ps:ss) [TI (InStr ISfile file)] =
   do  let gfl = if null file  then hGetContents stdin
                               else readFile file
-      input <- catch gfl $ die file . ioeGetErrorString
+      input <- catchIOError gfl $ die file . ioeGetErrorString
       let tkn = tokenize input
           ips = initPS $ (psProp ps) { tvr_expr = [] }
           sps = ips { psRest = tkn, psFile = file, psOffs = psOffs ps }
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Parser/Base.hs sad-2.3-25/Alice/Parser/Base.hs
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/Alice/Parser/Base.hs	2008-03-09 09:36:40.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/Alice/Parser/Base.hs	2015-11-27 06:14:28.616734527 +0000
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 module Alice.Parser.Base where
 
+import Control.Applicative
 import Control.Monad
 import Data.List
 
@@ -45,11 +46,22 @@
 type CPMC a b c = (c -> CPMS a b) -> (String -> CPMS a b) -> CPMS a b
 newtype CPM a c = CPM { runCPM :: forall b . CPMC a b c }
 
+instance Functor (CPM a) where
+  fmap = liftM
+
+instance Applicative (CPM a) where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
 instance Monad (CPM a) where
   return r  = CPM $ \ k _ -> k r
   m >>= n   = CPM $ \ k l -> runCPM m (\ b -> runCPM (n b) k l) l
   fail e    = CPM $ \ _ l -> l e
 
+instance Alternative (CPM a) where
+    (<|>) = mplus
+    empty = mzero
+  
 instance MonadPlus (CPM a) where
   mzero     = CPM $ \ _ _ _ z -> z
   mplus m n = CPM $ \ k l s -> runCPM m k l s . runCPM n k l s
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/init.opt sad-2.3-25/init.opt
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/init.opt	2007-10-11 15:25:45.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/init.opt	2015-11-27 07:23:41.372816854 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Alice init options
-[library examples]
-[provers provers/provers.dat]
+[library @out@/examples]
+[provers @out@/provers/provers.dat]
 [prover spass]
 [timelimit 3]
 [depthlimit 7]
diff -aur serious/sad-2.3-25/provers/provers.dat sad-2.3-25/provers/provers.dat
--- serious/sad-2.3-25/provers/provers.dat	2008-08-26 21:20:25.000000000 +0000
+++ sad-2.3-25/provers/provers.dat	2015-11-27 07:24:18.878169702 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Pmoses
 LMoses
 Fmoses
-Cprovers/moses
+C@out@/provers/moses
 Yproved in
 Nfound unprovable in
 Utimeout in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Pspass
 LSPASS
 Fdfg
-Cprovers/SPASS -CNFOptSkolem=0 -PProblem=0 -PGiven=0 -Stdin -TimeLimit=%d
+C@spass@/bin/SPASS -CNFOptSkolem=0 -PProblem=0 -PGiven=0 -Stdin -TimeLimit=%d
 YSPASS beiseite: Proof found.
 NSPASS beiseite: Completion found.
 USPASS beiseite: Ran out of time.