(this file is fptools/ghc/README in a source distribution, and
fptools/README in a binary distribution).
-GHC is a batch compiler for Haskell 1.4. See the file ANNOUNCE for
+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
-April 1997. The language definition is on the Web at
-http://www.haskell.org/report/index.html.
+Haskell 98 is the current version of the language, released in
+December 1998. The language definition is on the Web at
+http://research.microsoft.com/Users/simonpj/Haskell/haskell98.html
More information on GHC can be found on its web page
Simon Peyton Jones ( simonpj@microsoft.com) [our Fearless Leader]
Sigbjorn Finne (v-sfinne@microsoft.com) [hired hand]
Simon Marlow (t-simonm@microsoft.com) [hired hand]
+ Julian Seward (v-julsew@microsoft.com) [hired hand]
Past contributors and/or continuing advisors (all @dcs.gla.ac.uk):