Combinations of compiled and interpreted modules may be used.
All the GHC libraries are available in interactive mode, as are
most of the Glasgow extensions to Haskell 98. Compilation in
- interactive mode is fast enough to be useful.
+ interactive mode (to bytecode) is about three times faster than
+ compiling to object code.
- Batch compilation of multiple modules at once, with automatic
dependency chasing. For large programs this can halve compilation
by type, closure description, cost centre, and module.
- Support for the latest Foreign Function Interface (FFI)
- proposals.
+ proposals. Marcin Kowalczyk's hsc2hs tool is included.
- - A language extension: parallel list comprehensions.
+ - Language extensions: parallel list comprehensions and functional
+ dependencies.
- - The usual vast stack of bug fixes. Most reported bugs have been
- fixed.
+ - The usual huge collection of bug fixes. Most reported bugs have
+ been fixed.
For full details see the release notes:
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
-We supply binary builds in .rpm/.deb form for all you Linux junkies
-out there, and in InstallShield form for Windows folks. Everybody
-else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you want.
+We supply binary builds in the native package format for various
+flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows
+folks. Everybody else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you
+want.
Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
README file to find all of the documentation about this release.
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/
-Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org;
+Please report bugs using our SourceForge page at
+
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/
+
+or send them to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
+
GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org. Bleeding
edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org.