- The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.00
+ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 3.01
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We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 3.00. The source distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 3.01. 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
+ What's new
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-GHC 3.00 is a source-only release. There are no binaries available at
-the current time: in the interests of spending more time hacking and
-less time building distributions, we're shoving this one out as
-quickly as possible so that intrepid hackers can try it out.
+GHC 3.01 is a source-only release. Major news items:
-Important new features:
+ * Lots of bug-fixes for the mult-parameter type class support.
- * Multi-parameter type classes. Please try 'em out; we'd
- appreciate the feedback.
+ * 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.
+ Mailing lists
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To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 16+MB
-memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (either
-version 0.29 or 2.10 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
+memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (version
+2.10 at least). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
* alpha-dec-osf{2,3}
* hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
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/3.00/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
+ http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.01/installation_guide/installing_toc.html
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