- The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.10
+ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.02
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We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 2.10. Source and Binary distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 3.02. The source distribution is freely
available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below.
Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the
+ What's new
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-Release 2.10 is a full binary release (at least for the platforms we
-have access to, other builds are solicited). We hope this will be a
-solid release - barring any unforseen problems this should be the end
-of the 2.xx line.
+GHC 3.02 is a source-only release. Major news items:
-Major new things in this release:
+ * A new specialiser,
+ * A new unsafeCoerce# primitive.
+ * A NOINLINE pragma.
+ * Many bugs fixed, including several performance-related ones,
- * better -fwarn-overlapping-patterns checking,
- * lots of bug fixes.
-
-The next release will likely be GHC 3.00, containing mult-parameter
-type classes amongst other things. As of the next release, we will no
-longer support building with GHC 0.29.
-
-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the GHC Team!
+GHC 3.02 produces the fastest code since 0.29, but there's still
+plenty of tuning to do.
+ Mailing lists
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To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 16+MB
-memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (either
-version 0.29 or 2.02 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
+memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version
+2.10 at least). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
- * alpha-dec-osf2
+ * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
* hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
* sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
* mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
guide included in distribution gives a complete run-down of what-ports-work;
an on-line version can be found at
- http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ghc-doc/install-guide.html
+ http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.02/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
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