X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=24060c98ba9ea1c59e9688dc2fccbb1a7236acfd;hb=135045b28ff8a8d9b0b5f5cce0373387f541f600;hp=277f0449e324406440fb1aa171f7506147863597;hpb=937a87f4dc29881171478317fb5a8eb855735093;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index 277f044..24060c9 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,84 +1,65 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.08 - ============================================== -We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 4.08. The source distribution is freely -available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP, under a -BSD-style license. See below for download details. Pre-built -packages for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Win32 are also available. + ============================================================ + The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.04 + ============================================================ -Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the -current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. - -GHC is a state-of-the-art optimising compiler for Haskell, generating -good code for a variety of platforms. The distribution includes space -and time profiling facilities, a large collection of libraries, and -support for various language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, -and foreign language interfaces (C, C++, whatever). - -A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries, -specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references, -contact information, links to research groups) are available from the -Haskell home page at - - http://www.haskell.org/ - -GHC's Web page lives at - - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ +We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell +Compiler (GHC), version 5.04. -+ What's new -============= +Highlights include: -This should be a stable release. There have been many enhancements -since 4.06, and shed-loads of bug-fixes (one shed (imperial) ~ one ton -(US)). + * Hierarchical libraries, with documentation produced by Haddock. -There are the following changes + * New type system extensions: full rank-N types and kind + annotations. + + * New heap profiling facilities (retainer profiling, biographical + profiling). - - New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks. + * MacOS X support - - Working x86 native code generator: now it works properly, runs - about twice as fast as compiling via C, and is on a par for - run-time speed (except in FP-intensive programs). +See the release notes for a full list of the changes: - - Implicit parameters (i.e. dynamic scoping without the pain). + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-5-04.html - - DEPRECATED pragma for marking obsolescent interfaces. - - In the wake of hslibs, a new package system for - libraries. -package should now be used instead of -syslib. +How to get it +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory: - - Result type signatures work. - - - Many tiresome long-standing bugs and problems (e.g. the trace - problem) have been fixed. - - - Many error messages have been made more helpful and/or - accurate. + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ -For full details see the release notes: +We supply binary builds in the native package format for various +flavours of Linux and BSD, and in Windows Installer (MSI) form +for Windows folks. Binary builds for other platforms are available +as a .tar.gz which can be installed wherever you want. The source +distribution is also available from the same place. - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.08/users_guide/release-4-08.html +Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your +system isn't available yet, please try again later. -+ Mailing lists -================ +Background +~~~~~~~~~~ +Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the +current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. -We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send -mail to majordomo@haskell.org; the msg body should be: +GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell. Included is +an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of +platforms, together with an interactive system for convenient, quick +development. The distribution includes space and time profiling +facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various +language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign +language interfaces (C, whatever). GHC is distributed under a +BSD-style open source license. - subscribe glasgow-haskell-{users,bugs} Your Name +A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries, +specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references, +contact information, links to research groups) are available from the +Haskell home page (see below). -or - subscribe cvs-ghc Your Name - -Please send bug reports about GHC 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. - -+ On-line GHC-related resources -================================ +On-line GHC-related resources +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: @@ -86,40 +67,51 @@ GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/ comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html -+ How to get it -================ - -The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be -self-explanatory: - - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ -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 -====================== +System requirements +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +To compile programs with GHC, you need a machine with 64+MB memory, GCC +and perl. This release is known to work on the following platforms: -To compile the sources, you need a machine with 32+MB memory, GNU C -(`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at least). This -release is known to work on the following platforms: - - * i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32,mingw32} + * i386-unknown-{linux,*bsd,mingw32} * sparc-sun-solaris2 - * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} + * alpha-dec-osf3 + * powerpc-apple-darwin (MacOS/X) Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware: + * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} * i386-unknown-solaris2 - * alpha-dec-osf{2,3} * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix -The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete -run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at +The builder's guide on the web site gives a complete run-down of what +ports work; it can be found at + + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/building-guide.html - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.08/building/building-guide.html + +Mailing lists +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use +the web interfaces at + + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs + +There are several other haskell and ghc-related mailing lists on +www.haskell.org; for the full list, see + + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ + +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.