-Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
-current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
-
-GHC is a state-of-the-art optimising compiler for Haskell, generating
-good code for a variety of platforms. The distribution includes space
-and time profiling facilities, a large collection of libraries, and
-support for various language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions,
-and foreign language interfaces (C, C++, whatever).
-
-A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries,
-specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references,
-contact information, links to research groups) are available from the
-Haskell home page at
-
- http://www.haskell.org/
-
-GHC's Web page lives at
-
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
+We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell
+Compiler (GHC), version 5.04.