1 The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.07
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4 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
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5 Compiler (GHC), version 4.07. The source distribution is freely
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6 available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below.
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8 Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
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9 current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
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10 Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at
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12 http://www.haskell.org/
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14 GHC's Web page lives at
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16 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
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21 This should be a stable release. There have been many enhancements
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22 since 4.06, and shed-loads of bug-fixes (one shed (imperial) ~ one ton
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25 There are the following changes
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27 - New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks.
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29 - Working x86 native code generator: now it works properly, runs
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30 about twice as fast as compiling via C, and is on a par for
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31 run-time speed (except in FP-intensive programs).
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33 - Implicit parameters (i.e. dynamic scoping without the pain).
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35 - DEPRECATED pragma for marking obsolescent interfaces.
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37 - In the wake of hslibs, a new package system for
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38 libraries. -package should now be used instead of -syslib.
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40 - Result type signatures work.
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42 - Many tiresome long-standing bugs and problems (e.g. the trace
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43 problem) have been fixed.
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45 - Many error messages have been made more helpful and/or
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48 For full details see the release notes:
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50 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.07/users_guide/release-4-07.html
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56 We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send
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57 mail to majordomo@haskell.org; the msg body should be:
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59 subscribe glasgow-haskell-{users,bugs} Your Name <you@where.soever>
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63 subscribe cvs-ghc Your Name <you@where.soever>
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65 Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org;
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66 GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org. Bleeding
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67 edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org.
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70 + On-line GHC-related resources
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73 Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
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75 GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
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76 Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/
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77 comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html
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83 The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
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86 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
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88 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
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89 README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB:
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90 preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option
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94 + System requirements
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97 To compile the sources, you need a machine with 32+MB memory, GNU C
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98 (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at least). This
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99 release is known to work on the following platforms:
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101 * i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32,mingw32}
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102 * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
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103 * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
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105 Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a
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106 wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
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108 * i386-unknown-solaris2
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109 * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
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110 * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
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111 * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
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113 The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete
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114 run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at
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116 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.07/building/building-guide.html
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