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-   ============================================================
-    The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 5.04
-   ============================================================
+   =============================================================
+    The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 6.4
+   =============================================================
 
-We are pleased to announce a new major release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 5.04.
+The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC.  It
+has been a long time since the last major release (Dec 2003!), and a
+lot has happened:
 
-Highlights include:
+  - GADTs (Generalised Abstract Datatypes) are supported  
 
-  * Hierarchical libraries, with documentation produced by Haddock.
+  - STM (Software Transactional Memory) is implemented
 
-  * New type system extensions: full rank-N types and kind
-    annotations.
- 
-  * New heap profiling facilities (retainer profiling, biographical
-    profiling).
+  - Full support for Cabal and a much improved package framework
 
-  * MacOS X support
+  - Better support for mutually-recursive modules
 
-See the release notes for a full list of the changes:
+  - A complete rewrite of the back end
 
-   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-5-04.html
+  - Accurate source locations in error messages
 
+  - Lots of new libraries
+
+The full release notes are here:
+
+  http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.4/html/users_guide/release-6-4.html
 
 How to get it
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -38,10 +40,13 @@ distribution is also available from the same place.
 Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your
 system isn't available yet, please try again later.
 
+
+
 Background
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language; the
-current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.
+current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998 and
+revised December 2002.
 
 GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell.  Included is
 an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of
@@ -76,21 +81,15 @@ and perl. This release is known to work on the following platforms:
 
   * i386-unknown-{linux,*bsd,mingw32}
   * sparc-sun-solaris2
-  * alpha-dec-osf3
-  * powerpc-apple-darwin (MacOS/X)
-
-Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a
-wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
-
-  * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
-  * i386-unknown-solaris2
-  * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
-  * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
+  * powerpc-apple-darwin (MacOS X)
+  * powerpc-apple-linux
 
-The builder's guide on the web site gives a complete run-down of what
-ports work; it can be found at
+Ports to other platforms are possible with varying degrees of
+difficulty.  The builder's guide on the web site gives a complete
+run-down of what ports work and how to go about porting to a new
+platform; it can be found at
 
-   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/building-guide.html
+   http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/building/
 
 
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