- The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.00
+ 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 3.00. 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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-(ToDo)
+GHC 3.02 is a source-only release. Major news items:
+
+ * A new specialiser,
+ * A new unsafeCoerce# primitive.
+ * A NOINLINE pragma.
+ * Many bugs fixed, including several performance-related ones,
+
+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-osf{2,3}
* hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
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/3.00/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
+ http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.02/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
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