X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=24060c98ba9ea1c59e9688dc2fccbb1a7236acfd;hb=99b614ebaa93917495d1031a18aab466bcb8d1cd;hp=77b7c5c77608160c488156550222248b65b7294c;hpb=13c8aad6a15f903e652b325e5b71b217e4d50d5b;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index 77b7c5c..24060c9 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,107 +1,117 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.04 - ============================================== -We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 2.04. Source distribution is freely available -via the World-Wide Web and 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: + * Hierarchical libraries, with documentation produced by Haddock. -+ What's new -============= + * New type system extensions: full rank-N types and kind + annotations. + + * New heap profiling facilities (retainer profiling, biographical + profiling). -Release 2.04 represent work done through May '97; highlights include: + * MacOS X support - * Data constructors can now have polymophic fields, and ordinary - functions can have polymoprhic arguments. Details on +See the release notes for a full list of the changes: - http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~simonpj/quantification.html + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-5-04.html - Existential types coming, but not done yet. - * Pattern guards implemented, see - - http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~simonpj/guards.html +How to get it +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory: - * Compiler can now compile itself (i.e., no real dependence on - the Haskell 1.2 compiler anymore (version 0.29)). + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ - * Faster compilation - Compilation speeds has improved since 2.02, although it still slower - than GHC-0.29, the Good Old Compiler. (the gap is narrowing, though!) - - * Code quality is better, the simplifier and inlining machinery has been - refurbished. Not sure how much better. +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. - * powerpc-ibm-aix is now a supported GHC platform, due to the - Heroic Efforts of Andr\'e Santos . +Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your +system isn't available yet, please try again later. - * It has been tested against a large suite of (mostly) Haskell 1.2 - programs (the NoFib suite). Bunch of bugs related to new - Haskell 1.4 has been weeded out. +Background +~~~~~~~~~~ +Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the +current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. - * A couple of Haskell 1.4 features are still incompletely supported, - notably polymorphic strictness annotations, and Unicode. +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. -Please see the release notes for a complete discussion of What's New. +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). -+ Mailing lists -================ +On-line GHC-related resources +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -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: +Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: - subscribe glasgow-haskell- Your Name +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 -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 -================================ +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: -Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: + * 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: -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 + * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} + * i386-unknown-solaris2 + * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} + * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix +The builder's guide on the web site gives a complete run-down of what +ports work; it can be found at -+ How to get it -================ + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/building-guide.html -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 +Mailing lists +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use +the web interfaces at -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)! + 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 -+ System requirements -====================== + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ -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 2.02/2.03). We have seen GHC work on these platforms: +Please report bugs using our SourceForge page at + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/ - * alpha-dec-osf2 - * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} - * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2} - * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} - * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}. - * powerpc-ibm-aix +or send them to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org. -Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort. The installer's -guide included in distribution gives a complete run-down of what-ports-work. +GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org. Bleeding +edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org.