The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.10
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We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
Compiler (GHC), version 2.10. Source and Binary 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 1.4, agreed in April, 1997. Haskell
related information is available from the Haskell home page at
http://haskell.org/
+ What's new
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Release 2.10 is a full binary release (at least for the platforms we
have access to, other builds are solicited). We hope this will be a
solid release - barring any unforseen problems this should be the end
of the 2.xx line.
Major new things in this release:
* better -fwarn-overlapping-patterns checking,
* Happy is no longer included in binary distributions:
we're making separate Happy binaries, see
ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/happy
* lots of bug fixes.
As usual see the release notes for the full story.
The next release will likely be GHC 3.00, containing mult-parameter
type classes amongst other things. As of the next release, we will no
longer support building with GHC 0.29.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the GHC Team!
+ Mailing lists
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mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; the msg body should be:
subscribe glasgow-haskell-<which> Your Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Please send bug reports about GHC to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; GHC
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+ On-line GHC-related resources
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Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web:
GHC home page http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/
Haskell home page http://haskell.org/
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
+ How to get it
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The easy way is to go to the WWW page, which should be
self-explanatory:
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/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
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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 2.02 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms:
* alpha-dec-osf2
* hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
* sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
* mips-sgi-irix{5,6}
* i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}.
* {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix
Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort. The installer's
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/ghc-doc/install-guide.html
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