+ - Initial Unicode support - the Char type is now 31 bits.
+
+ - Sparc native code generator, giving much faster compilation on sparcs.
+ (Native code generation for x86s has been available for a while).
+
+ - Improved heap profiling - you can restrict heap profiles
+ by type, closure description, cost centre, and module.
+
+ - Support for the latest Foreign Function Interface (FFI)
+ proposals. Marcin Kowalczyk's hsc2hs tool is included.
+
+ - Language extensions: parallel list comprehensions and functional
+ dependencies.
+
+ - The usual huge collection of bug fixes. Most reported bugs have
+ been fixed.
+
+For full details see the release notes: