[project @ 1997-05-18 02:03:42 by sof]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ANNOUNCE-2.02

diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.02 b/ANNOUNCE-2.02
index 38b6b5b..0bb9c24 100644 (file)
--- a/ANNOUNCE-2.02
+++ b/ANNOUNCE-2.02
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ are freely available by anonymous FTP and on the World-Wide Web;
 details below.
 
 Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
-current language version is 1.3, agreed in May, 1996.  The Haskell
+current language version is 1.4, agreed in March, 1997.  The Haskell
 Report is online at
 
-       http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/1.4/haskell-report.html
+       http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/1.4/
 
 GHC 2.02 is a beta-quality release:
 
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ include:
   * The whole front end, which deals with the module system, has 
     been rewritten. The interface file format has changed.
 
-  * GHC 2.02 comes complete with Green Card, a C foreign language 
+  * GHC 2.02 is released together with Green Card, a C foreign language 
     interface for GHC.  Green card is a pre-processor that
     scans Haskell source files for Green Card directives, which
     it expands into tons of "ccall" boilerplate that marshalls
     your arguments to and from C.
 
-  * GHC 2.02 is available for Windows NT.  From now on, Windows NT
-    will be a fully supported platform for GHC.
+  * GHC 2.02 is available for Win32 platforms, which, from now on,
+    is a fully supported platform for GHC.
 
-  * GHC 2.02 supports full cross moudule inlining.  Unlike 0.29 and
+  * GHC 2.02 supports full cross module inlining.  Unlike 0.29 and
     its predecessors, inlining can happen even if the inlined body
     mentions a function or type that is not itself exported.  This is
     one place Haskell 1.4's new module system really pays off.
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ To run this release, you need a machine with 16+MB memory (more if
 building from sources), GNU C (`gcc'), and `perl'.  We have seen GHC
 2.01 work on these platforms: alpha-dec-osf2, hppa1.1-hp-hpux9,
 sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}, mips-sgi-irix5, and
-i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd}.  Similar platforms should work
-with minimal hacking effort.  The installer's guide give a full
-what-ports-work report.
+i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}.  Similar platforms
+should work with minimal hacking effort.  The installer's guide
+give a full what-ports-work report.
 
 Binaries are distributed in `bundles', e.g. a "profiling bundle" or a
 "concurrency bundle" for your platform.  Just grab the ones you need.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk.
 
 Simon Peyton Jones
 
-Dated: February 1997
+Dated: March 1997
 
 Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Glasgow FP group page     http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/
 comp.lang.functional FAQ  http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
 
 ======================================================================
-How to get GHC 2.01:
+How to get GHC 2.02:
 
 This release is available by anonymous FTP from the main Haskell
 archive sites, in the directory pub/haskell/glasgow:
@@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ computing/programming/languages/haskell/glasgow.
 These are the available files (.gz files are gzipped) -- some are `on
 demand', ask if you don't see them:
 
-ghc-2.01-src.tar.gz    The source distribution; about 3MB.
+ghc-2.02-src.tar.gz    The source distribution; about 3MB.
 
-ghc-2.01.ANNOUNCE      This file.
+ghc-2.02.ANNOUNCE      This file.
 
-ghc-2.01.{README,RELEASE-NOTES} From the distribution; for those who
+ghc-2.02.{README,RELEASE-NOTES} From the distribution; for those who
                        want to peek before FTPing...
 
-ghc-2.01-ps-docs.tar.gz        Main GHC documents in PostScript format; in
+ghc-2.02-ps-docs.tar.gz        Main GHC documents in PostScript format; in
                        case your TeX setup doesn't agree with our
                        DVI files...
 
-ghc-2.01-<platform>.tar.gz Basic binary distribution for a particular
+ghc-2.02-<platform>.tar.gz Basic binary distribution for a particular
                        <platform>.  Unpack and go: you can compile
                        and run Haskell programs with nothing but one
                        of these files.  NB: does *not* include
@@ -147,12 +147,13 @@ ghc-2.01-<platform>.tar.gz Basic binary distribution for a particular
                        i386-unknown-freebsd
                        i386-unknown-linux
                        i386-unknown-solaris2
+                       i386-unknown-cygwin32
                        m68k-sun-sunos4
                        mips-sgi-irix5
                        sparc-sun-sunos4
                        sparc-sun-solaris2
 
-ghc-2.01-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz
+ghc-2.02-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz
 
        <platform> ==>  as above
        <bundle>   ==>  prof (profiling)
@@ -163,15 +164,8 @@ ghc-2.01-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz
                        prof-conc (profiling for "conc[urrent]")
                        prof-ticky (ticky for "conc[urrent]")
 
-ghc-2.01-hc-files.tar.gz Basic set of intermediate C (.hc) files for the
+ghc-2.02-hc-files.tar.gz Basic set of intermediate C (.hc) files for the
                         compiler proper, the prelude, and `Hello,
                         world'.  Used for bootstrapping the system.
                         About 4MB.
 
-ghc-2.01-<bundle>-hc-files.tar.gz Further sets of .hc files, for
-                       building other "bundles", e.g., profiling.
-
-ghc-2.01-hi-files-<blah>.tar.gz Sometimes it's more convenient to
-                       use a different set of interface files than
-                       the ones in *-src.tar.gz.  (The installation
-                       guide will advise you of this.)