From 537b186d98d3c124d6d4fe4c8d10c739b75e4f9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simonm Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:13:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1998-05-19 11:13:24 by simonm] updates for 3.02. --- ghc/ANNOUNCE | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index 67e0f87..04e4fa5 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.01 + The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.02 ============================================== We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 3.01. The source distribution is freely +Compiler (GHC), version 3.02. 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 @@ -14,16 +14,14 @@ related information is available from the Haskell home page at + What's new ============= -GHC 3.01 is a source-only release. Major news items: +GHC 3.02 is a source-only release. Major news items: - * Lots of bug-fixes for the mult-parameter type class support. + * A new specialiser, + * Many bugs fixed, including several performance-related ones, + * A new unsafeCoerce# primitive. - * Re-organisation of libraries, and hslibs nuked. (see the - release notes/documentation for the full story). - - * The User's Guide is now in SGML, and the literate tools are - no longer required to format any of the documentation in the - tree, hence we removed them from the distribution. +GHC 3.02 produces the fastest code since 0.29, but there's still +plenty of tuning to do. + Mailing lists ================ @@ -80,6 +78,6 @@ Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort. 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/3.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html + http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.02/installation_guide/installing_toc.html EOF -- 1.7.10.4