1 The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.02
2 ==============================================
4 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
5 Compiler (GHC), version 4.02. The source distribution is freely
6 available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below.
8 Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
9 current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
10 Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at
14 GHC has a new Web page; point your browser at
16 http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
21 GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds the following major features:
23 * Full Haskell 98 language support,
25 * Scoped type variables,
27 * Better warnings for unused variables,
29 * A new generational garbage collector.
31 The following things have not been fixed yet:
33 * The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by
34 default for the time being.
36 * The profiler is still flaky.
38 See the release notes for full details:
40 http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/Docs/latest/users_guide/users_guide-1.html#ss1.4
42 A source distribution and binaries for common architectures are
43 available from the web page.
48 We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send
49 mail to majordomo@haskell.org; the msg body should be:
51 subscribe glasgow-haskell-<which> Your Name <your-email@where.you.are>
53 Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org ; GHC
54 users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org
57 + On-line GHC-related resources
58 ================================
60 Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
62 GHC home page http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
63 Haskell home page http://haskell.org/
64 comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
70 The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
73 http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
75 Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
76 README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB:
77 preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option
82 ======================
84 To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 32+MB
85 memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version
86 2.10 at least, 3.02 recommended). This release is known to work on
87 the following platforms:
89 * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}
90 * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
92 Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy, but
93 haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
96 * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
98 * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
100 The installer's guide included in distribution gives a complete
101 run-down of what-ports-work; an on-line version can be found at
103 http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/Docs/latest/installation_guide/installing.html