From 3cf59347752650608a9b18a87e583b04ed560995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simonm Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:35:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1998-01-28 11:35:41 by simonm] update for announcement of 3.00. --- ghc/ANNOUNCE | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index 4565285..cd2cdcf 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ============================================== We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 3.00. Source and Binary distribution is freely +Compiler (GHC), version 3.00. 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 @@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at + What's new ============= -(ToDo) +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. + +Important new features: + + * Multi-parameter type classes. Please try 'em out; we'd + appreciate the feedback. + Mailing lists ================ @@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ for tar, please)! 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 2.02 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms: +version 0.29 or 2.10 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms: * alpha-dec-osf{2,3} * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} -- 1.7.10.4