X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FANNOUNCE;h=92bbaadd425f5fee021c72dff8e380f66be256d4;hb=8fb61d0a36abdaf5e082569c9e4b3e828a79e4fc;hp=ecc9368b55565323f50eb5b3c17bb54eccbf4d86;hpb=5bc125ee627715fbf1020dd1c89d9a035fae984d;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index ecc9368..92bbaad 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,49 +1,48 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.02 + The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.04 ============================================== We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 4.02. The source distribution is freely +Compiler (GHC), version 4.04. 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 Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at - http://haskell.org/ + http://www.haskell.org/ -+ What's new -============= +GHC's Web page lives at -GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds the following features: + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ - * Full Haskell 98 language support, - - * Scoped type variables, ++ What's new +============= - * A new generational garbage collector. + - GHC is now officially Open Source, see the LICENSE file in the + distribution for details. -The following things have not been fixed yet: + - Rewrite rules can be specified in the source using the RULES + pragma. This is used for automatic fusion of common list functions. - * The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by - default for the time being. + - Performance tuning: compiled programs now allocate 30% less + and run 20% faster on average compared to GHC 4.02. - * The profiler is still flaky. + - GHC now uses a Happy parser instead of the old yacc/lex one. -As usual, see the release notes (on the web page) for full details. +For full details see the release notes: -A source distribution and binaries for common architectures are -available from the web page. + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/users_guide/users_guide-1.html#ss1.4 + 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 @@ -51,9 +50,8 @@ 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 @@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ 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: @@ -75,22 +73,21 @@ 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, 3.02 recommended). 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 run-down of what-ports-work; an on-line version can be found at - http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/4.02/installation_guide/installing_toc.html + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/installation_guide/installing.html