[project @ 1998-06-11 10:09:02 by sof]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / ANNOUNCE

diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
index 4565285..38ae768 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.00
+            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.02
            ==============================================
 
 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
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-(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
 ================
@@ -57,8 +65,8 @@ for tar, please)!
 ======================
 
 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}
@@ -71,6 +79,6 @@ Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort.  The installer's
 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
 
 EOF