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-%************************************************************************
-%*                                                                     *
-%*  Stuff for : Real Soon Now                                          *
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-%************************************************************************
-
-Below is a short list of things we hope to tackle soon.  We welcome
-prodding, cajoling, large sums of money, offers of holidays in warm
-climates...  Umm, excuse me, I got carried away....
-
-\begin{description}
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-\item[Compilation speed:]
-This is still our \#1 priority.  (Actually, we {\em have} saved a lot
-on compilation time since~0.16; however, we've spent a goodly chunk of
-our winnings.)
-
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-\item[Revised I/O scheme:] We've {\em finally} figured out the right
-way to do this ``state'' stuff; see the Launchbury/Peyton Jones ``Lazy
-Functional State Threads'' paper (draft; check
-\tr{ghc/docs/abstracts/abstracts93.tex}).
-
-Simultaneously, the Haskell~1.3 I/O proposal is coming along.  We hope
-to use the former to do the latter, if you know what I mean.
-
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-\item[More with unfoldings:]
-And our new simplifier.  Both of these new pieces of machinery are
-still a bit ``raw.''  (The reason we don't quote performance numbers
-is because we haven't collected any yet.)
-
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-\item[Specialised instances:]  Tedious and boring.
-
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-\item[More with ``semi-tagging'':]
-(which we haven't done much with yet...) and other code-generator-ish
-hacks.  [It depends how close we let Simon get to the code.]
-
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------
-\item[More tuning:]
-We're {\em generally} happy with the time/space behaviour of Haskell
-programs compiled with this system.  But there's always work to do.
-
-We still welcome a copy of any Haskell program for which a competing
-compiler generates better code.  We want to stamp out these
-unfortunate anomalies!
-\end{description}