From a9429ca7251683af223eb28460668d4bb0391535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simonpj Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:32:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2001-09-21 16:32:02 by simonpj] Simon-5.02 mods --- ghc/ANNOUNCE | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/ghc/ANNOUNCE b/ghc/ANNOUNCE index f3e262f..3199ecc 100644 --- a/ghc/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ghc/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,42 +1,67 @@ + ============================================================ The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.02 ============================================================ We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 5.02. 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. +Compiler (GHC), version 5.02. -Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the -current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. +This is the first version of GHC that has all of the following: -GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell. Included is -an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of -platforms, together with an interactive system for convenient, quick -development. The distribution includes space and time profiling -facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various -language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign -language interfaces (C, C++, whatever). + * An interactive read-eval-print loop, similar to Hugs. + You can load a mixture of compiled and interpreted modules; + in particular, you automatically use the precompiled libraries, + so your "interpreted" programs often run pretty fast. -A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries, -specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references, -contact information, links to research groups) are available from the -Haskell home page at + * Works solidly on Windows platforms. Installation is simple + (Installshield); you don't have to install anything else; + and GHC does not get confused if you also happen to + have (say) Cygwin installed. - http://www.haskell.org/ + * Implements the changes adopted for the (now almost finalised) + Revised Haskell 98 Language and Library Reports. + + * The ability to emit "External Core", a documented typed + intermediate language, suitable for slurping up into other + tools. [Andrew Tolmach's work.] + + * A particularly thorough pre-release test programme. + Some releases are more solid than others; this one is + at the solid end of the spectrum. We fondly hope. + +So if you have been waiting to upgrade your GHC 4.08, this is +the moment. -GHC's Web page lives at + +How to get it +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be self-explanatory: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ +We supply binary builds in the native package format for various +flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows +folks. Everybody else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you +want. + +Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the +README file to find all of the documentation about this release. + +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. - What's new -============ +More details about what's new +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.02 incorporates many small refinements and bug fixes over the previous -stable release (5.00.2). There are no major changes. +stable release (5.00.2). There are no major language changes. + + - Implements Haskell 98 (revised) + + - Ability to emit External Core. (But GhC can't read External Core + back in. Yet.) - Much improved support for Windows platforms. Binary builds are now entirely freestanding. There's no need to install Cygwin or @@ -52,6 +77,10 @@ stable release (5.00.2). There are no major changes. - A compacting garbage collector, to try and reduce space use. + - Ability to disconnect built-in numeric syntax from the supplied + Prelude. This allows you to define your own arithmetic packages, + which Haskell98 doesn't quite support. + - Experimental: partial support for hierarchical module names. - Experimental: following heroic hacking by Ken Shan, 5.02 now @@ -70,27 +99,33 @@ For full details see the release notes: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/5.02/set/release-5-02.html +Background +~~~~~~~~~~ +Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the +current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998. - How to get it -=============== - -The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be -self-explanatory: +GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell. Included is +an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of +platforms, together with an interactive system for convenient, quick +development. The distribution includes space and time profiling +facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various +language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign +language interfaces (C, whatever). - http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ +A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries, +specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references, +contact information, links to research groups) are available from the +Haskell home page at -We supply binary builds in the native package format for various -flavours of Linux and BSD, and in InstallShield form for Windows -folks. Everybody else gets a .tar.gz which can be installed where you -want. + http://www.haskell.org/ -Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the -README file to find all of the documentation about this release. +GHC's Web page lives at + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ - On-line GHC-related resources -=============================== +On-line GHC-related resources +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: @@ -100,9 +135,8 @@ comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html - System requirements -===================== - +System requirements +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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: @@ -125,9 +159,8 @@ run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at - Mailing lists -=============== - +Mailing lists +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use the web interfaces at @@ -147,3 +180,4 @@ or send them to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org. GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org. Bleeding edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org. + -- 1.7.10.4