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\section[introduction-GHC]{Introduction to GHC}
This is a guide to using the Glasgow Haskell compilation (GHC) system.
-It is a batch compiler for the Haskell~1.2 language, with support for
-various extensions, including the DRAFT 1.3 I/O proposal.
+It is a batch compiler for the Haskell~1.3 language, with support for
+various Glasgow-only extensions.
Many people will use GHC very simply: compile some
modules---\tr{ghc -c -O Foo.hs Bar.hs}; and link them---
On the World-Wide Web, there are several URLs of likely interest:
\begin{display}
-GHC home page -- http://www.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc.html
-Glasgow FP group page -- http://www.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/fp/
+GHC home page -- http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/
+Glasgow FP group page -- http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/
comp.lang.functional FAQ -- http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html
programming language research page --
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/language-research.html
\begin{description}
\item[glasgow-haskell-users:]
This list is for GHC users to chat among themselves. Subscribe by
-sending mail to \tr{glasgow-haskell-users-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk}.
-Messages for the list go to \tr{glasgow-haskell-users}.
+sending mail to \tr{majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk}, with
+a message body (not header) like this:
+\begin{verbatim}
+subscribe glasgow-haskell-users My Name <m.y.self@bigbucks.com>
+\end{verbatim}
+(The last bit is your all-important e-mail address, of course.)
+
+To communicate with your fellow users, send mail to \tr{glasgow-haskell-users}.
+
+To contact the list administrator, send mail to
+\tr{glasgow-haskell-users-request}. An archive of the list is
+available on the Web at:
+\begin{verbatim}
+\tr{http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mail-www/glasgow-haskell-users}.
+\end{verbatim}
\item[glasgow-haskell-bugs:]
Send bug reports for GHC to this address! The sad and lonely people
who subscribe to this list will muse upon what's wrong and what you
might do about it.
-Subscribe via \tr{glasgow-haskell-bugs-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk}.
+Subscribe via \tr{majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk} with:
+\begin{verbatim}
+subscribe glasgow-haskell-bugs My Name <m.y.self@hackers.r.us>
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Again, you may contact the list administrator at
+\tr{glasgow-haskell-bugs-request}.
+And, yes, an archive of the list is
+available on the Web at:
+\begin{verbatim}
+\tr{http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mail-www/glasgow-haskell-bugs}.
+\end{verbatim}
\end{description}
There is also the general Haskell mailing list. Subscribe by sending
-email to \tr{haskell-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk} or
-\tr{haskell-request@cs.yale.edu}, whichever is geographically closer
-to you.
+email to \tr{majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk}, with the usual message body:
+\begin{verbatim}
+subscribe haskell My Name <m.y.self@fp.rules.ok.org>
+\end{verbatim}
Some Haskell-related discussion takes place in the Usenet newsgroup
-\tr{comp.lang.functional}. (But note: news propagation to Glasgow can
-be terrible. That's one reason Glaswegians aren't too active in
-c.f.l.)
+\tr{comp.lang.functional}. (But note: news is basically dead at Glasgow.
+That's one reason Glaswegians aren't too active in c.f.l.)
The main anonymous-FTP site for Glasgow Haskell is
-\tr{ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk}, in \tr{pub/haskell/glasgow/}.
+\tr{ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk}, in \tr{pub/haskell/glasgow/}.
``Important'' bits are mirrored at other Haskell archive sites (and we
have their stuff, too).
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