Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.D.Mechveliani) writes:
> 
> > So, how to name the language that compiles ghc-3.00 ?
> > Probably, it is  Haskell-1.4-with-Glasgow-extensions ?
> 
> The story is:
> 
>       GHC implements Haskell 1.4.
>       GHC with the -fglasgow-exts flag implements Haskell 1.4 + extensions.

I should point out that this is not entirely true.  There are a few
minor issues such as namespace pollution where GHC deviates from
Haskell 1.4 - see the section in the User's Guide on language
non-compliance.

 http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.00/users_guide/user_168.html#SEC168

Cheers,
        Simon

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