X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=24060c98ba9ea1c59e9688dc2fccbb1a7236acfd;hb=49bff3215bf3fe9ada24dac2cf80f97db4e597dd;hp=afe5a937898dacfd7ab1dd313cb0af4335b2f4a7;hpb=00bab5ea83643f8487b202bfa9b8a6cf3b4a0cf4;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index afe5a93..24060c9 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,90 +1,117 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.02 - ============================================== -We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 4.01. The source distribution is freely -available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below. + ============================================================ + The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.04 + ============================================================ -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 +We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell +Compiler (GHC), version 5.04. - http://haskell.org/ +Highlights include: -+ What's new -============= + * Hierarchical libraries, with documentation produced by Haddock. -GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds one new feature: scoped -type variables. Some Haskell 98 features are also now supported, -including lazy name clash detection and scoped infix declarations. + * New type system extensions: full rank-N types and kind + annotations. + + * New heap profiling facilities (retainer profiling, biographical + profiling). -The following things have not been fixed yet: + * MacOS X support - * The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by - default for the time being. +See the release notes for a full list of the changes: - * The profiler is still flaky. + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-5-04.html - * The garbage collector is still a two-space copying collector. We're - working on a generational collector right now. -+ Mailing lists -================ +How to get it +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory: -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: + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ - subscribe glasgow-haskell- Your Name +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. -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 +Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your +system isn't available yet, please try again later. +Background +~~~~~~~~~~ +Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the +current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. -+ On-line GHC-related resources -================================ +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. -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 +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). -+ How to get it -================ +On-line GHC-related resources +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be -self-explanatory: - - http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ +Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: -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)! +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 -+ System requirements -====================== -To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 32+MB -memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version -2.10 at least, 3.02 recommended). This release is known to work on -the following platforms: +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: - * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32} - * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2} + * i386-unknown-{linux,*bsd,mingw32} + * sparc-sun-solaris2 + * alpha-dec-osf3 + * powerpc-apple-darwin (MacOS/X) -Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy, but -haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware: +Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a +wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware: - * alpha-dec-osf{2,3} * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} + * i386-unknown-solaris2 * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix -The installer'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 + + +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. - http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/4.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html