X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=809df2d91e593204b62b22dc4ff9ebeb84e53f6a;hb=fe4c050b6030f22fa13ddd939921a18fc8c62474;hp=cd2cdcfa4c202b31fb30789723241d0be776f523;hpb=3cf59347752650608a9b18a87e583b04ed560995;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index cd2cdcf..809df2d 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,39 +1,68 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.00 + The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.06 ============================================== We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 3.00. 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 3.00 is a source-only release. There are no binaries available at -the current time: in the interests of spending more time hacking and -less time building distributions, we're shoving this one out as -quickly as possible so that intrepid hackers can try it out. +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 + + Existing programs that use the -syslib flag may need to change which + syslibs they include. + + - Support for "foreign export dynamic". + + - Clean up of concurrent I/O system; in particular, I/O is now non-blocking, + except (alas) on stdout/stderr for tiresome reasons. + + - Some refinements to the exceptions mechanism: + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.html#exc-changes-406 -Important new features: + - More performance tuning: compiled programs now allocate 10% less memory + than 4.04 - * Multi-parameter type classes. Please try 'em out; we'd - appreciate the feedback. +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 @@ -41,9 +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 @@ -53,7 +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: @@ -64,21 +92,22 @@ for tar, please)! + System requirements ====================== -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 2.10 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms: +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 (3.02 at +least). This release is known to work on the following platforms: - * alpha-dec-osf{2,3} - * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} + * 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} * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} - * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}. * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix -Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort. The installer'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/3.00/installation_guide/installing_toc.html +The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete +run-down of what-ports-work; an on-line version can be found at -EOF + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/building_guide/installing.html