The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.00 ============================================== We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC), version 4.00. 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 1.4, agreed in April, 1997. Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at http://haskell.org/ + What's new ============= GHC 4.00 is the culmination of several months' work - we've rewritten the entire runtime system and major chunks of the compiler. There are too many changes to mention here, so please take a look at the release notes: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/4.00/users_guide/users_guide-1.html#ss1.4 + Mailing lists ================ We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send 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 users hang out on [EMAIL PROTECTED] + On-line GHC-related resources ================================ 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 ================ 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 ====================== 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 (version 2.10 at least). This release is known to work on the following platforms: * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32} * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2} 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} * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix 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/4.00/installation_guide/installing.html