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- The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.08
- ==============================================
-
-We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 4.08. 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
-current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
-Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at
-
- http://www.haskell.org/
-
-GHC's Web page lives at
-
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
-
-+ What's new
-=============
-
-This should be a stable release. There have been many enhancements
-since 4.06, and shed-loads of bug-fixes (one shed (imperial) ~ one ton
-(US)).
-
-There are the following changes
-
- - New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks.
-
- - Working x86 native code generator: now it works properly, runs
- about twice as fast as compiling via C, and is on a par for
- run-time speed (except in FP-intensive programs).
-
- - Implicit parameters (i.e. dynamic scoping without the pain).
-
- - DEPRECATED pragma for marking obsolescent interfaces.
-
- - In the wake of hslibs, a new package system for
- libraries. -package should now be used instead of -syslib.
-
- - Result type signatures work.
-
- - Many tiresome long-standing bugs and problems (e.g. the trace
- problem) have been fixed.
-
- - Many error messages have been made more helpful and/or
- accurate.
-
-For full details see the release notes:
-
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.08/users_guide/release-4-08.html
-
-
-+ Mailing lists
-================
-
-We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send
-mail to majordomo@haskell.org; the msg body should be:
-
- subscribe glasgow-haskell-{users,bugs} Your Name <you@where.soever>
-
-or
-
- subscribe cvs-ghc Your Name <you@where.soever>
-
-Please send bug reports about GHC 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.
-
-
-+ On-line GHC-related resources
-================================
-
-Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
-
-GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
-Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/
-comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html
-
-
-+ How to get it
-================
-
-The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
-self-explanatory:
-
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
-
-Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the
-README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB:
-preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option
-for tar, please)!
-
-
-+ System requirements
-======================
-
-To compile the sources, you need a machine with 32+MB memory, GNU C
-(`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at least). This
-release is known to work on the following platforms:
-
- * i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32,mingw32}
- * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
- * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
-
-Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a
-wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
-
- * i386-unknown-solaris2
- * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
- * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
- * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
-
-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/4.08/building/building-guide.html
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