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+<sect1 id="release-5-00">
+  <title>Release notes for version 5.00 (February 2001)</title>
+
+  <sect2>
+    <title>User-visible compiler changes</title>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>GHCi added</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para><option>--make</option> flag added</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>dynamic vs. static options</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>NCG support for Sparc</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para><command>hsc2hs</command> added</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2>
+    <title>User-visible library changes</title>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>FFI libraries enhanced, lots of deprecations.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2>
+    <title>Internal changes</title>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>The old perl driver has been removed and replaced by a
+       driver in the compiler proper.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>Several libraries rewritten to use the FFI.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
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