X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE-2.05;fp=ANNOUNCE-2.05;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=825fedf4525b624813c3042b8305e8b2f02c288b;hp=7a925f4174ba5bf89b713c19052e8979c3d70cf5;hpb=4ca454b80a8620051f5ad8c93f7b447f809de075;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.05 b/ANNOUNCE-2.05 deleted file mode 100644 index 7a925f4..0000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE-2.05 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.05 - ============================================== - -We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 2.05. 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 -current language version is 1.4, agreed in April, 1997. Haskell -related information is available from the Haskell home page at - - http://haskell.org/ - - -+ What's new -============= - -Release 2.05 represent work done through July '97. no changes at the -language or library level with respect to 2.04, but quite a few bug fixes -and several of the front passes in the compiler has been reworked -further and improved. - -+ Mailing lists -================ - -We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send -mail to majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk; the msg body should be: - - subscribe glasgow-haskell- Your Name - -Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk ; GHC -users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@dcs.gla.ac.uk - - -+ On-line GHC-related resources -================================ - -Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: - -GHC home page http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ -Haskell home page http://haskell.org/ -Glasgow FP group page http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/ -comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html - - -+ How to get it -================ - -The easy way is to go to the WWW GHC distribution page, which should -be self-explanatory: - - ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/README.html - -Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the -README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB: -preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option -for tar, please)! - - -+ System requirements -====================== - -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: - - * alpha-dec-osf2 - * 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/ghc-doc/install-guide.html - -EOF