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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE deleted file mode 100644 index dd66b2c1f0..0000000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.09 - ============================================== - -We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 2.09. 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 -============= - -Release 2.09 contains some library changes that may break programs -using glasgow extensions. The main points: - - * PrimIO has been removed, replaced by IO in all places - (including the type of C calls). - * The types of IO and ST have changed, to make them more - efficient. This won't bite you unless you go digging - around in the IO or ST monads, which you shouldn't... - * Several extension libraries have been moved to be - compatible with Hugs. See - - ftp://haskell.org/pub/reid/libs971028/libs.html - - for the definitions of the new libraries. - * Several of the interfaces exported by GlaExts are deprecated, - as they have been moved into common libraries (ST for instance). - GlaExts will eventually contain only extensions that are - exclusive to GHC. - -We've also fixed several bugs, one space leak, and added better -handling of warnings (-W, -Wall and -Wnot flags). As usual, see the -release notes in the Users' Guide for the full story. - -+ Mailing lists -================ - -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 ; GHC -users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@dcs.gla.ac.uk - - -+ 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 GHC distribution page, which should -be self-explanatory: - - ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/README.html - -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 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 - -EOF |