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2 <title>Release notes for version 5.00 (February 2001)</title>
5 <title>User-visible compiler changes</title>
8 <para>GHCi added</para>
11 <para><option>--make</option> flag added</para>
14 <para>dynamic vs. static options</para>
17 <para>NCG support for Sparc</para>
20 <para><command>hsc2hs</command> added</para>
26 <title>User-visible library changes</title>
29 <para>FFI libraries enhanced, lots of deprecations.</para>
35 <title>Internal changes</title>
38 <para>The old perl driver has been removed and replaced by a
39 driver in the compiler proper.</para>
42 <para>Several libraries rewritten to use the FFI.</para>
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