X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ghc%2FREADME;h=24cd2b5242fd275ea224856dfeb6632a81017518;hb=6151c960d6df040a5bfd94791f934969dfb55050;hp=fa3ad5c5f84d4f1db518836ca70774a873ac565b;hpb=46695f8ccbc6c98ff0dbcd499a0ab2a84c99ec77;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/ghc/README b/ghc/README index fa3ad5c..24cd2b5 100644 --- a/ghc/README +++ b/ghc/README @@ -1,51 +1,76 @@ -This is version 2.07 of the Glorious Glasgow Haskell compilation -system (GHC). GHC 2.07 is a compiler for Haskell 1.4. +The Glasgow Haskell Compiler +============================ -2.07 is an interim source-only release, which fixes most of the bugs -reported since 2.06. We've done rudimentary testing on a few -platforms, but there might be a few bugs lurking. +(this file is fptools/ghc/README in a source distribution, and +fptools/README in a binary distribution). + +GHC is a batch compiler for Haskell 98. See the file ANNOUNCE for +information on the current version. Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language. -Haskell 1.4 is the current version of the language, released in -May. 1996. The language definition is on the Web at -http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/haskell-report/haskell-report.html +Haskell 98 is the current version of the language, released in +December 1998. The language definition is on the Web at +http://www.haskell.org/definition/. -GHC documentation of interest: +More information on GHC can be found on its web page -* docs/installing.{dvi,info,html}: How to configure, build, and - install the system. + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ - The document, as with many others, is in TeX-produced DVI format - (.dvi suffix), or GNU Info format (.info); the latter is close to - plain ASCII, if that's what you want. +Documentation +============= -* ghc/docs/users_guide/user.{dvi,info,html}: How to use GHC; e.g., what - options are available, how to cope with common problems, how to use - the profiling facilities, etc. +In a binary distribution, pre-formatted documentation can be found in +the html and ps directories. Pre-formatted HTML documentation is also +available on the GHC web page. -* ghc/docs/users_guide/release.{dvi,info,html}: Release notes for this - release (and earlier releases). +In a source distribution, the unformatted (SGML) documentation is in +the following places: -* ghc/docs/README: About the other documentation in this release. + * fptools/ghc/docs/users_guide Users' Guide. + * fptools/hslibs/doc/hslibs Library documentation. + * fptools/docs Build System Guide. We welcome your comments and suggestions about this software! Please do not suffer or grumble in silence. The "bug reports" section of the -User's Guide (docs/users_guide/user.{dvi,info,html}) says what we -would like to know when you report a problem. +User's Guide says what we would like to know when you report a +problem. + +Mailing Lists +============= + + glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org (bug reports mailing list) + glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org (users' mailing list) + cvs-ghc@haskell.org (developers & bleeding-edge users list) + + subscribe by sending mail to majordomo@haskell.org + + +Current GHC team: + + Simon Peyton Jones [our Fearless Leader] + Simon Marlow [hired hand] + Julian Seward [hired hand] + Reuben Thomas [hired hand] + +Additional Contributors (in alphabetical order): + + Manuel Chakravarty + Sigbjorn Finne + Kevin Glynn + Jeff Lewis + Marcin Kowalczyk + Hans Wolfgang Lloidl + Sven Panne + Keith Wansborough + Michael Weber