[project @ 1997-10-16 13:35:27 by simonm]

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 %
 \section[introduction-GHC]{Introduction to GHC}
 
 This is a guide to using the Glasgow Haskell compilation (GHC) system.
 %
 \section[introduction-GHC]{Introduction to GHC}
 
 This is a guide to using the Glasgow Haskell compilation (GHC) system.

-It is a batch compiler for the Haskell~1.2 language, with support for
-various extensions, including the DRAFT 1.3 I/O proposal.
+It is a batch compiler for the Haskell~1.4 language, with support for
+various Glasgow-only extensions.

 
 Many people will use GHC very simply: compile some
 modules---\tr{ghc -c -O Foo.hs Bar.hs}; and link them---
 
 Many people will use GHC very simply: compile some
 modules---\tr{ghc -c -O Foo.hs Bar.hs}; and link them---

@@ -30,40 +30,64 @@ material in \sectionref{compiler-tutorial} may help.
 
 On the World-Wide Web, there are several URLs of likely interest:
 \begin{display}
 
 On the World-Wide Web, there are several URLs of likely interest:
 \begin{display}

-GHC home page -- http://www.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc.html
-Glasgow FP group page -- http://www.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/fp/
-comp.lang.functional FAQ -- http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
-programming language research page --
-   http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/language-research.html
+Haskell home page -- \tr{http://haskell.org/}
+GHC home page -- \tr{http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/}
+Glasgow FP group page -- \tr{http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/}
+comp.lang.functional FAQ -- 
+   \tr{http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html}

 \end{display}
 We run two mailing lists about Glasgow Haskell.  We encourage you to
 join, as you feel is appropriate.
 \begin{description}
 \item[glasgow-haskell-users:]
 This list is for GHC users to chat among themselves.  Subscribe by
 \end{display}
 We run two mailing lists about Glasgow Haskell.  We encourage you to
 join, as you feel is appropriate.
 \begin{description}
 \item[glasgow-haskell-users:]
 This list is for GHC users to chat among themselves.  Subscribe by

-sending mail to \tr{glasgow-haskell-users-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk}.
-Messages for the list go to \tr{glasgow-haskell-users}.
+sending mail to \tr{majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk}, with
+a message body (not header) like this:
+\begin{verbatim}
+subscribe glasgow-haskell-users My Name <m.y.self@bigbucks.com>
+\end{verbatim}
+(The last bit is your all-important e-mail address, of course.)
+
+To communicate with your fellow users, send mail to \tr{glasgow-haskell-users}.
+
+To contact the list administrator, send mail to
+\tr{glasgow-haskell-users-request}.  An archive of the list is
+available on the Web at:
+\begin{verbatim}
+http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mail-www/glasgow-haskell-users
+\end{verbatim}

 
 \item[glasgow-haskell-bugs:]
 Send bug reports for GHC to this address!  The sad and lonely people
 who subscribe to this list will muse upon what's wrong and what you
 might do about it.
 
 
 \item[glasgow-haskell-bugs:]
 Send bug reports for GHC to this address!  The sad and lonely people
 who subscribe to this list will muse upon what's wrong and what you
 might do about it.
 

-Subscribe via \tr{glasgow-haskell-bugs-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk}.
+Subscribe via \tr{majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk} with:
+\begin{verbatim}
+subscribe glasgow-haskell-bugs My Name <m.y.self@hackers.r.us>
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Again, you may contact the list administrator at
+\tr{glasgow-haskell-bugs-request}.
+And, yes,  an archive of the list is
+available on the Web at:
+\begin{verbatim}
+http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mail-www/glasgow-haskell-bugs
+\end{verbatim}

 \end{description}
 
 There is also the general Haskell mailing list.  Subscribe by sending
 \end{description}
 
 There is also the general Haskell mailing list.  Subscribe by sending

-email to \tr{haskell-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk} or
-\tr{haskell-request@cs.yale.edu}, whichever is geographically closer
-to you.
+email to \tr{majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk}, with the usual message body:
+\begin{verbatim}
+subscribe haskell My Name <m.y.self@fp.rules.ok.org>
+\end{verbatim}

 
 Some Haskell-related discussion takes place in the Usenet newsgroup
 
 Some Haskell-related discussion takes place in the Usenet newsgroup

-\tr{comp.lang.functional}.  (But note: news propagation to Glasgow can
-be terrible.  That's one reason Glaswegians aren't too active in
-c.f.l.)
+\tr{comp.lang.functional}.  (But note: news is basically dead at Glasgow.
+That's one reason Glaswegians aren't too active in c.f.l.)

 
 The main anonymous-FTP site for Glasgow Haskell is
 
 The main anonymous-FTP site for Glasgow Haskell is

-\tr{ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk}, in \tr{pub/haskell/glasgow/}.
+\tr{ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk}, in \tr{pub/haskell/glasgow/}.

 ``Important'' bits are mirrored at other Haskell archive sites (and we
 have their stuff, too).
 
 ``Important'' bits are mirrored at other Haskell archive sites (and we
 have their stuff, too).