X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=809df2d91e593204b62b22dc4ff9ebeb84e53f6a;hb=5abb1668941d3a7756bb5788641032dc6fe4feb1;hp=7fc912c954a618f2c4384c7b5ff993bc96059a48;hpb=438596897ebbe25a07e1c82085cfbc5bdb00f09e;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index 7fc912c..809df2d 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,43 +1,68 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.01 + The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.06 ============================================== We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 4.01. The source distribution is freely +Compiler (GHC), version 4.06. The 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 +current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. +Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at - http://haskell.org/ + http://www.haskell.org/ + +GHC's Web page lives at + + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ + What's new ============= -GHC 4.01 is a small increment over 4.00. Many bugs have been fixed. -The following features are new: +This should be a stable release. We have not made major changes +since 4.04 to the core compiler, but we have fixed lots of bugs. +We believe that 4.06 is in a nice stable well-tested state. (Ha!) + +Apart from that, there are the following changes + + - Major library reorganisation. All libraries, except the ones that + are part of the Haskell 98 *language* specification, have moved to + fptools/hslibs/. The hslibs tree is independent of GHC, shared between + GHC, Hugs, and (we hope) other Haskell implementations. + The idea is to make it easier for people to contribute and maintain + libraries. + + The hslibs/ tree is organised in a Java-like fashion. Details in + the new Library guide: + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/hslibs/book1.html - * Weak pointers, - * The foreign function interface is now complete. + Existing programs that use the -syslib flag may need to change which + syslibs they include. -In addition, bootstrapping the compiler should now work out of the box. + - Support for "foreign export dynamic". -The following things have not been fixed yet: + - Clean up of concurrent I/O system; in particular, I/O is now non-blocking, + except (alas) on stdout/stderr for tiresome reasons. - * The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by - default for the time being. - * The profiler is still flaky. + - Some refinements to the exceptions mechanism: + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.html#exc-changes-406 + + - More performance tuning: compiled programs now allocate 10% less memory + than 4.04 + +For full details see the release notes: + + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.html + 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: +mail to majordomo@haskell.org; 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 +Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org ; GHC +users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org + On-line GHC-related resources @@ -45,9 +70,8 @@ users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@dcs.gla.ac.uk 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/ +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/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html @@ -57,7 +81,7 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory: - http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ + 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: @@ -69,21 +93,21 @@ for tar, please)! ====================== 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). This release is known to work on the following platforms: +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,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32} + * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32} * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2} + * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy, but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware: * alpha-dec-osf{2,3} - * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix -The installer's guide included in distribution gives a complete +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.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/4.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/building_guide/installing.html