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diff --git a/distrib/ANNOUNCE b/distrib/ANNOUNCE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1938eae8d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/ANNOUNCE @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@ + The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.02 + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +We are pleased to announce the first release of the Glasgow Haskell +Compiler (GHC, version 2.02) for *Haskell 1.4*. Sources and binaries +are freely available by anonymous FTP and on the World-Wide Web; +details below. + +Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the +current language version is 1.3, agreed in May, 1996. The Haskell +Report is online at + + http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/1.4/haskell-report.html + +GHC 2.02 is a beta-quality release: + + * It is reliable. + It has been extensively tested against a large suite of Haskell 1.2 + programs, but not so extensively tested against Haskell 1.4 programs + because we don't have a comprehensive set (Donations of Haskell 1.4 + programs to our test suite are most welcome). + + * It should generate good code. + All the optimisations that GHC 0.29 used to do are back in, with + the exception of specialisation. It ought to be the case that + GHC 2.02 outperforms GHC 0.29, because it has a much better + handle on cross-module inlining, but there's a good chance that + there are performance "holes" lurking. We have yet to make + a systematic comparison. (Please send us programs where 2.02 + does noticeably worse than 0.29.) + + * It is more expensive than it should be. + GHC 2.02 has received even less attention to its own performance. + At present it eats more space and time than GHC 0.29, especially + for very small programs. We'll work on this. + + * A couple of Haskell 1.4 features are incompletely supported, + notably polymorphic strictness annotations, and Unicode. + +If you want to use Haskell 1.4, this is a good moment to switch. If +you don't need the Haskell 1.4 extensions, then stay with GHC 0.29. +If you want to hack on GHC itself, then 2.02 is definitely for you. +The release notes comment further on this point. + +GHC 2.02 is substantially changed from 2.01. Changes worth noting +include: + + * The whole front end, which deals with the module system, has + been rewritten. The interface file format has changed. + + * GHC 2.02 comes complete with Green Card, a C foreign language + interface for GHC. Green card is a pre-processor that + scans Haskell source files for Green Card directives, which + it expands into tons of "ccall" boilerplate that marshalls + your arguments to and from C. + + * GHC 2.02 is available for Windows NT. From now on, Windows NT + will be a fully supported platform for GHC. + + * GHC 2.02 supports full cross moudule inlining. Unlike 0.29 and + its predecessors, inlining can happen even if the inlined body + mentions a function or type that is not itself exported. This is + one place Haskell 1.4's new module system really pays off. + + * Like 2.01, GHC 2.02 aborts a compilation if it decides that + nothing that the module imports *and acually uses* has changed. + This decision is now taken by the compiler itself, rather than + by a Perl script (as in 2.01) which sometimes got it wrong. + + * The ghc/lib libraries are much more systematically organised. + + * There's a completely new "make" system. This will mainly affect people + who want the source distribution, who will hopefully find it much, much, + easier than grappling with the old Jmakefiles. Even for binary + installation, the procedure is a little simpler, though. + +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 (more if +building from sources), GNU C (`gcc'), and `perl'. We have seen GHC +2.01 work on these platforms: alpha-dec-osf2, hppa1.1-hp-hpux9, +sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}, mips-sgi-irix5, and +i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd}. Similar platforms should work +with minimal hacking effort. The installer's guide give a full +what-ports-work report. + +Binaries are distributed in `bundles', e.g. a "profiling bundle" or a +"concurrency bundle" for your platform. Just grab the ones you need. + +Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in +ghc/README to find all of the documentation about this release. NB: +preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option +for tar, please)! + +We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send +mail to majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk; the msg body should be: + + subscribe glasgow-haskell-<which> Your Name <your-email@where.you.are> + +Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk. + +Simon Peyton Jones + +Dated: March 1997 + +Relevant URLs on the World-Wide Web: + +GHC home page http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ +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 GHC 2.02: + +This release is available by anonymous FTP from the main Haskell +archive sites, in the directory pub/haskell/glasgow: + + ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk (130.209.240.50) + ftp.cs.chalmers.se (129.16.227.140) + haskell.cs.yale.edu (128.36.11.43) + +The Glasgow site is mirrored by src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.43.1), 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-2.02-src.tar.gz The source distribution; about 3MB. + +ghc-2.02.ANNOUNCE This file. + +ghc-2.02.{README,RELEASE-NOTES} From the distribution; for those who + want to peek before FTPing... + +ghc-2.02-ps-docs.tar.gz Main GHC documents in PostScript format; in + case your TeX setup doesn't agree with our + DVI files... + +ghc-2.02-<platform>.tar.gz Basic binary distribution for a particular + <platform>. Unpack and go: you can compile + and run Haskell programs with nothing but one + of these files. NB: does *not* include + profiling (see below). + + <platform> ==> alpha-dec-osf2 + hppa1.1-hp-hpux9 + i386-unknown-freebsd + i386-unknown-linux + i386-unknown-solaris2 + i386-unknown-cygwin32 + m68k-sun-sunos4 + mips-sgi-irix5 + sparc-sun-sunos4 + sparc-sun-solaris2 + +ghc-2.02-<bundle>-<platform>.tar.gz + + <platform> ==> as above + <bundle> ==> prof (profiling) + conc (concurrent Haskell) + par (parallel) + gran (GranSim parallel simulator) + ticky (`ticky-ticky' counts -- for implementors) + prof-conc (profiling for "conc[urrent]") + prof-ticky (ticky for "conc[urrent]") + +ghc-2.02-hc-files.tar.gz Basic set of intermediate C (.hc) files for the + compiler proper, the prelude, and `Hello, + world'. Used for bootstrapping the system. + About 4MB. + +ghc-2.02-<bundle>-hc-files.tar.gz Further sets of .hc files, for + building other "bundles", e.g., profiling. + +ghc-2.02-hi-files-<blah>.tar.gz Sometimes it's more convenient to + use a different set of interface files than + the ones in *-src.tar.gz. (The installation + guide will advise you of this.) diff --git a/distrib/README b/distrib/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f509e56816 --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +This is the root directory for functional-programming tools +distributed by the Computing Science Department at Glasgow University. +Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@dcs.gla.ac.uk> is the ringleader of this +effort. The tools are: + + ghc the Glasgow Haskell compilation system + hslibs collection of Haskell libraries + haggis the Haggis GUI toolkit + happy the Happy Haskell parser generator + nofib the NoFib Haskell benchmarking suite + literate the Glasgow "literate programming" system + mkworld configuration system (derived from X11 imake) + glafp-utils shared utility programs + +The "literate" stuff is usually distributed *with* other systems, but +not necessarily. Components which are always part of a distribution +(never stand-alone) are "glafp-utils" and "mkworld" (a configuration +system). + +There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution. Please +consult that, or the <piece>/README file, to find out how to proceed. diff --git a/distrib/RELEASE b/distrib/RELEASE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4653a81b6d --- /dev/null +++ b/distrib/RELEASE @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +ToDo |