[project @ 1999-01-15 15:57:33 by simonm]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / ANNOUNCE

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--- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.02
+            The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.02
            ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 3.02.  The source distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 4.01.  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
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 + What's new
 =============
 
-GHC 3.02 is a source-only release.  Major news items:
+GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds one new feature: scoped
+type variables.  Some Haskell 98 features are also now supported,
+including lazy name clash detection and scoped infix declarations.
 
-       * A new specialiser,
-       * A new unsafeCoerce# primitive.
-       * A NOINLINE pragma.
-       * Many bugs fixed, including several performance-related ones,
+The following things have not been fixed yet:
 
-GHC 3.02 produces the fastest code since 0.29, but there's still
-plenty of tuning to do.
+       * The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by
+         default for the time being.
+
+       * The profiler is still flaky.
+
+       * The garbage collector is still a two-space copying collector.  We're
+         working on a generational collector right now.
 
 + Mailing lists
 ================
@@ -64,21 +68,23 @@ for tar, please)!
 + System requirements
 ======================
 
-To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 16+MB
+To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 32+MB
 memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version
-2.10 at least). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
+2.10 at least, 3.02 recommended).  This release is known to work on
+the following platforms:
+
+  * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}
+  * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
+
+Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy, but
+haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
 
   * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
   * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
-  * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
   * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
-  * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}.
   * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
 
-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/3.02/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
+The installer's guide included in distribution gives a complete
+run-down of what-ports-work; an on-line version can be found at
 
-EOF
+   http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/4.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html