- The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.06
- ==============================================
-
-We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 4.06. 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. We have not made major changes
-since 4.04 to the core compiler, but we have fixed lots of bugs.
-We believe that 4.06 is in a nice stable well-tested state. (Ha!)
-
-Apart from that, there are the following changes
-
- - Major library reorganisation. All libraries, except the ones that
- are part of the Haskell 98 *language* specification, have moved to
- fptools/hslibs/. The hslibs tree is independent of GHC, shared between
- GHC, Hugs, and (we hope) other Haskell implementations.
- The idea is to make it easier for people to contribute and maintain
- libraries.
-
- The hslibs/ tree is organised in a Java-like fashion. Details in
- the new Library guide:
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/hslibs/book1.html
-
- Existing programs that use the -syslib flag may need to change which
- syslibs they include.
-
- - Support for "foreign export dynamic".
-
- - Clean up of concurrent I/O system; in particular, I/O is now non-blocking,
- except (alas) on stdout/stderr for tiresome reasons.
-
- - Some refinements to the exceptions mechanism:
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.html#exc-changes-406
-
- - More performance tuning: compiled programs now allocate 10% less memory
- than 4.04
-
-For full details see the release notes:
-
- http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.06/users_guide/release-4-06.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-<which> Your Name <your-email@where.you.are>
-
-Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org ; GHC
-users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@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/Department/Staff/mpj/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 up this source-only release, 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,solaris2,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32}
- * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
- * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
-
-Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy, but
-haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:
-
- * 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/4.06/building_guide/installing.html
+ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.07\r
+ ==============================================\r
+\r
+We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell\r
+Compiler (GHC), version 4.07. The source distribution is freely\r
+available via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below.\r
+\r
+Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the\r
+current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998.\r
+Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at\r
+\r
+ http://www.haskell.org/\r
+\r
+GHC's Web page lives at\r
+\r
+ http://www.haskell.org/ghc/\r
+\r
++ What's new\r
+=============\r
+\r
+This should be a stable release. There have been many enhancements\r
+since 4.06, and shed-loads of bug-fixes (one shed (imperial) ~ one ton\r
+(US)).\r
+\r
+There are the following changes\r
+\r
+ - New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks.\r
+\r
+ - Working x86 native code generator: now it works properly, runs\r
+ about twice as fast as compiling via C, and is on a par for\r
+ run-time speed (except in FP-intensive programs).\r
+\r
+ - Implicit parameters (i.e. dynamic scoping without the pain).\r
+\r
+ - DEPRECATED pragma for marking obsolescent interfaces.\r
+\r
+ - In the wake of hslibs, a new package system for\r
+ libraries. -package should now be used instead of -syslib.\r
+\r
+ - Result type signatures work.\r
+\r
+ - Many tiresome long-standing bugs and problems (e.g. the trace\r
+ problem) have been fixed.\r
+\r
+ - Many error messages have been made more helpful and/or\r
+ accurate.\r
+\r
+For full details see the release notes:\r
+\r
+ http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.07/users_guide/release-4-07.html\r
+\r
+\r
++ Mailing lists\r
+================\r
+\r
+We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send\r
+mail to majordomo@haskell.org; the msg body should be:\r
+\r
+ subscribe glasgow-haskell-{users,bugs} Your Name <you@where.soever>\r
+\r
+or\r
+\r
+ subscribe cvs-ghc Your Name <you@where.soever>\r
+\r
+Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org;\r
+GHC users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org. Bleeding\r
+edge CVS users party on cvs-ghc@haskell.org.\r
+\r
+\r
++ On-line GHC-related resources\r
+================================\r
+\r
+Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:\r
+\r
+GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/\r
+Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/\r
+comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/faq.html\r
+\r
+\r
++ How to get it\r
+================\r
+\r
+The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be\r
+self-explanatory:\r
+\r
+ http://www.haskell.org/ghc/\r
+\r
+Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the\r
+README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB:\r
+preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option\r
+for tar, please)!\r
+\r
+\r
++ System requirements\r
+======================\r
+\r
+To compile the sources, you need a machine with 32+MB memory, GNU C\r
+(`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at least). This\r
+release is known to work on the following platforms:\r
+\r
+ * i386-unknown-{linux,freebsd,netbsd,cygwin32,mingw32}\r
+ * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}\r
+ * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}\r
+\r
+Ports to the following platforms should be relatively easy (for a\r
+wunderhacker), but haven't been tested due to lack of time/hardware:\r
+\r
+ * i386-unknown-solaris2\r
+ * alpha-dec-osf{2,3}\r
+ * mips-sgi-irix{5,6}\r
+ * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix\r
+\r
+The builder's guide included in distribution gives a complete\r
+run-down of what ports work; an on-line version can be found at\r
+\r
+ http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/4.07/building/building-guide.html\r
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