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+	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 0.22
+	     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A new public release of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler is now
+available (GHC, version 0.22). Binaries and sources are freely
+available by FTP; details below.
+
+Highlights of what's new in 0.22 since 0.19 (December 1993):
+
+  * Faster compilation times (now about 40% slower than HBC if not
+    using -O [on a Sun4]).
+  * Revamped state-tranformer stuff, which affects arrays, calling out
+    to C, and I/O (preparing for Haskell 1.3).
+  * "Threads" stuff -- can do quasi-parallel execution on a
+    uniprocessor.
+  * No more space leaks from lazy pattern-matching.
+  * Alastair Reid's "stable pointers" and "malloc pointers"; friendly
+    interaction with "C Land".
+  * Time profiling no longer attributes great chunks
+    of time to "CAF".  (However, because of the many recent changes,
+    profiling is probably *less* reliable than before.)
+  * New "GHC system library" (analogous to the "HBC system library");
+    not much there, but stay tuned.
+  * Fully supported on DEC Alphas.  Some other porting progress.
+  * Much improved configuration.
+  * Less user namespace pollution by the system.
+  * New mailing lists about Glasgow Haskell.
+
+    - The "glasgow-haskell-users" list is for GHC users to chat among
+      themselves.  Subscribe by sending mail to
+      "glasgow-haskell-users-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk".  Messages for the
+      list go to "glasgow-haskell-users".
+
+    - The "glasgow-haskell-bugs" list is for submission of bug reports
+      and discussion thereof.  Subscribe via
+      "glasgow-haskell-bugs-request@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk"; send bug
+      reports and rumination thereupon go to "glasgow-haskell-bugs".
+
+Please see the release notes for a complete discussion of What's New.
+
+To run this release, you need a machine with 16+MB memory, GNU C
+(`gcc') [version 2.1 or greater], and `perl'.  We have seen GHC work
+in *some* form or fashion on: Sun4s, DEC Alphas, Sun3s, NeXTs,
+DECstations, HP-PA and SGI boxes.  Sun4s and Alphas, our development
+platforms, are fully supported.  We distribute binaries for them.
+
+*** LATE NEWS: Don't use GCC 2.6.0 on the Alpha ***
+
+Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in
+ghc/README to find all of the documentation in and about this release.
+
+Please report bugs to glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk and
+direct general queries to glasgow-haskell-request@<same>.
+
+Simon Peyton Jones
+
+Dated: 94/07/27
+....................................................................
+
+How to get it
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+This release is available, in whole or in part, from the usual Haskell
+anonymous FTP sites, in the directory pub/haskell/glasgow:
+
+	ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk  (130.209.240.50)
+	ftp.cs.chalmers.se     (129.16.225.66)          
+	nebula.cs.yale.edu     (128.36.13.1)
+
+The Glasgow site is mirrored by src.doc.ic.ac.uk, in
+computing/programming/languages/haskell/glasgow.
+
+These are the available files (.gz files are gzipped) -- some are `on
+demand', ask if you don't see them:
+
+ghc-0.22-bin-sun4.tar.gz A binary distribution -- unpack & run!
+			For SunOS 4.1.x; assumes you have GNU C (gcc)
+			version 2.x around...
+
+ghc-0.22-bin-alpha.tar.gz A binary distribution -- unpack & run!
+			Built on OSF1 V2.0; assumes you have GNU C (gcc).
+
+ghc-0.22-bin-<other>.tar.gz Other binary distributions -- we will
+			make them available as we go along; they
+			will be announced on the Haskell mailing list
+			(not elsewhere).
+
+ghc-0.22-src.tar.gz	The basic source distribution; about 3MB.
+
+ghc-0.22-hc-files.tar.gz The intermediate C (.hc) files for the
+			 compiler proper, the prelude, and `Hello,
+			 world'.  About 4MB.
+
+ghc-0.22.ANNOUNCE	This file
+
+ghc-0.22.{README,RELEASE-NOTES} From the distribution; for those who
+			want to peek before FTPing...
+
+ghc-0.22-ps-docs.tar.gz	Main GHC documents in PostScript format; in
+			case your TeX setup doesn't agree with our
+			DVI files...
+
+ghc-0.22-hi-files-hbc.tar.gz
+			Interface files for the compiler proper
+			(ghc/compiler/*/*.hi), to be used if booting
+			with HBC.  Not recommended, but some might
+			want to.  (The distributed .hi files assume
+			GHC version 0.22.)
+			
+There are no diffs from version 0.19, as they would be monstrous.