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authorBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2021-08-05 09:04:12 -0400
committerBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2021-08-05 11:05:44 -0400
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users-guide: Note ARMv8 NCG in release notes
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@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ Language
Compiler
~~~~~~~~
+- GHC now has an ARMv8 native code generator, significantly improving compilation
+ performance for ARM targets and eliminating a dependency on LLVM.
+
- Performance of the compiler in :ghc-flag:`--make` mode with
:ghc-flag:`-j[⟨n⟩]` is significantly improved by improvements to the parallel
garbage collector noted below.