From: sewardj Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:12:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: [project @ 2001-09-17 12:12:31 by sewardj] X-Git-Tag: Approximately_9120_patches~968 X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=5e1cb7db5b4efcba3758c591b0d1317a93a1865b;p=ghc-hetmet.git [project @ 2001-09-17 12:12:31 by sewardj] Update for 5.02. MERGE TO STABLE --- diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index c7a0904..f3e262f 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ - The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.00 + The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.02 ============================================================ We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 5.00. The source distribution is freely -available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP, under a -BSD-style license. See below for download details. Pre-built -packages for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Win32 are also available. +Compiler (GHC), version 5.02. The source distribution is freely +available via the World-Wide Web, under a BSD-style license. See +below for download details. Pre-built packages for Linux, FreeBSD, +Solaris and Win32 are also available. Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. @@ -35,45 +35,39 @@ GHC's Web page lives at What's new ============ -5.00 has been majorly revamped since the previous stable version, 4.08.2. -This should be a stable release. Major changes since 4.08.2 are: +5.02 incorporates many small refinements and bug fixes over the previous +stable release (5.00.2). There are no major changes. - - An interactive system, similar in style to Hugs. You can interactively - load and unload modules, run expressions, ask the types of things. - Module dependencies are tracked and chased automatically. - Combinations of compiled and interpreted modules may be used. - All the GHC libraries are available in interactive mode, as are - most of the Glasgow extensions to Haskell 98. Compilation in - interactive mode (to bytecode) is about three times faster than - compiling to object code. + - Much improved support for Windows platforms. Binary builds are + now entirely freestanding. There's no need to install Cygwin or + Mingwin to use it. It's a one-click-install-and-off-you-go story now. - - Batch compilation of multiple modules at once, with automatic - dependency chasing. For large programs this can halve compilation - times, and removes the need for Makefiles. + - Several small changes to bring GHC into line with the newest Haskell 98 + report. - - Enhanced package (library) management system. Packages may be - installed and removed from an installation using the ghc-pkg tool. + - GHCi (the interactive system) now works on Windows. - - Initial Unicode support - the Char type is now 31 bits. + - Partial FFI support in GHCi. At the moment, foreign import (both + static and dynamic) is supported on x86 and sparc platforms. - - Sparc native code generator, giving much faster compilation on sparcs. - (Native code generation for x86s has been available for a while). + - A compacting garbage collector, to try and reduce space use. - - Improved heap profiling - you can restrict heap profiles - by type, closure description, cost centre, and module. + - Experimental: partial support for hierarchical module names. - - Support for the latest Foreign Function Interface (FFI) - proposals. Marcin Kowalczyk's hsc2hs tool is included. + - Experimental: following heroic hacking by Ken Shan, 5.02 now + works on Alpha (Tru64 only). Many 64-bit bugs have been shaken + out. At the moment only the batch-mode compiler works -- no GHCi + or native code generator yet. - - Language extensions: parallel list comprehensions and functional - dependencies. - - - The usual huge collection of bug fixes. Most reported bugs have - been fixed. +We've found and fixed more bugs than you could possibly imagine. A +big thank-you to all those who reported bugs in the 5.00.X series. We +claim to have fixed almost all reported bugs. In general we've spent +a large amount of effort trying to improve the stability of the +system relative to 5.00.X. (Famous last words ...) For full details see the release notes: - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.00/set/release-5-00.html + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.02/set/release-5-02.html @@ -109,7 +103,7 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html System requirements ===================== -To compile programs with GHC, you need a machine with 32+MB memory, GNU C +To compile programs with GHC, you need a machine with 64+MB memory, GNU C and perl. This release is known to work on the following platforms: * i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,mingw32} @@ -127,7 +121,7 @@ wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware: 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.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.00/building/building-guide.html + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.02/building/building-guide.html