-Release 2.09 contains some library changes that may break programs
-using glasgow extensions. The main points:
-
- * PrimIO has been removed, replaced by IO in all places
- (including the type of C calls).
- * The types of IO and ST have changed, to make them more
- efficient. This won't bite you unless you go digging
- around in the IO or ST monads, which you shouldn't...
- * Several extension libraries have been moved to be
- compatible with Hugs. See
-
- ftp://haskell.org/pub/reid/libs971028/libs.html
-
- for the definitions of the new libraries.
- * Several of the interfaces exported by GlaExts are deprecated,
- as they have been moved into common libraries (ST for instance).
- GlaExts will eventually contain only extensions that are
- exclusive to GHC.
-
-We've also fixed several bugs, one space leak, and added better
-handling of warnings (-W, -Wall and -Wnot flags). As usual, see the
-release notes in the Users' Guide for the full story.
+GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds the following features:
+
+ * Full Haskell 98 language support,
+
+ * Scoped type variables,
+
+ * A new generational garbage collector.
+
+The following things have not been fixed yet:
+
+ * The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by
+ default for the time being.
+
+ * The profiler is still flaky.
+
+As usual, see the release notes (on the web page) for full details.
+
+A source distribution and binaries for common architectures are
+available from the web page.