X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=24060c98ba9ea1c59e9688dc2fccbb1a7236acfd;hb=4be58768d4974fd1bddae44f12a0fde1f7fe6b30;hp=f3e262fc6cdb929ea803138c0155be984f62097e;hpb=5e1cb7db5b4efcba3758c591b0d1317a93a1865b;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index f3e262f..24060c9 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,96 +1,65 @@ - The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.02 + ============================================================ + The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.04 ============================================================ We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 5.02. The source distribution is freely -available via the World-Wide Web, under a BSD-style license. See -below for download details. Pre-built packages for Linux, FreeBSD, -Solaris and Win32 are also available. - -Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the -current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. - -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, 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/ - - - - What's new -============ - -5.02 incorporates many small refinements and bug fixes over the previous -stable release (5.00.2). There are no major changes. +Compiler (GHC), version 5.04. - - Much improved support for Windows platforms. Binary builds are - now entirely freestanding. There's no need to install Cygwin or - Mingwin to use it. It's a one-click-install-and-off-you-go story now. +Highlights include: - - Several small changes to bring GHC into line with the newest Haskell 98 - report. + * Hierarchical libraries, with documentation produced by Haddock. - - GHCi (the interactive system) now works on Windows. + * New type system extensions: full rank-N types and kind + annotations. + + * New heap profiling facilities (retainer profiling, biographical + profiling). - - Partial FFI support in GHCi. At the moment, foreign import (both - static and dynamic) is supported on x86 and sparc platforms. + * MacOS X support - - A compacting garbage collector, to try and reduce space use. +See the release notes for a full list of the changes: - - Experimental: partial support for hierarchical module names. + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-5-04.html - - Experimental: following heroic hacking by Ken Shan, 5.02 now - works on Alpha (Tru64 only). Many 64-bit bugs have been shaken - out. At the moment only the batch-mode compiler works -- no GHCi - or native code generator yet. -We've found and fixed more bugs than you could possibly imagine. A -big thank-you to all those who reported bugs in the 5.00.X series. We -claim to have fixed almost all reported bugs. In general we've spent -a large amount of effort trying to improve the stability of the -system relative to 5.00.X. (Famous last words ...) - -For full details see the release notes: - - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.02/set/release-5-02.html - - - - How to get it -=============== - -The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be -self-explanatory: +How to get it +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ We supply binary builds in the native package format for various -flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows -folks. Everybody else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you -want. +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. -Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the -README file to find all of the documentation about this release. +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. +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. + +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). - On-line GHC-related resources -=============================== + +On-line GHC-related resources +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: @@ -100,34 +69,32 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html - System requirements -===================== - -To compile programs with GHC, you need a machine with 64+MB memory, GNU C +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,freebsd,mingw32} + * 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 (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 - - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.02/building/building-guide.html +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 -=============== - +Mailing lists +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use the web interfaces at @@ -147,3 +114,4 @@ 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. +