[project @ 1999-07-14 11:46:36 by simonmar]

4.04 changes.

ghc/ANNOUNCE

-	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.02
+	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 4.04
 	    ==============================================
 
 We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
-Compiler (GHC), version 4.02.  The source distribution is freely
+Compiler (GHC), version 4.04.  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
@@ -11,37 +11,28 @@ Haskell related information is available from the Haskell home page at
 
 	http://haskell.org/
 
-GHC has a new Web page; point your browser at
+GHC's Web page lives at
 
 	http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/
 
 + What's new
 =============
 
-GHC 4.02 fixes several bugs in 4.01 and adds the following major features:
+   - GHC is now officially Open Source, see the LICENSE file in the
+     distribution for details.
 
-	* Full Haskell 98 language support,
+   - Rewrite rules can be specified in the source using the RULES
+     pragma.  This is used for automatic fusion of common list functions.
 
-	* Scoped type variables,
+   - Performance tuning: compiled programs now allocate 30% less
+     and run 20% faster on average compared to GHC 4.02.
 
-	* Better warnings for unused variables,
+   - GHC now uses a Happy parser instead of the old yacc/lex one.
 
-	* A new generational garbage collector.
-
-The following things have not been fixed yet:
-
-	* The native code generator is still flaky, and is turned off by
-	  default for the time being.
-
-	* The profiler is still flaky.
-
-See the release notes for full details:
+For full details see the release notes:
 
 	http://research.microsoft.com/users/t-simonm/ghc/Docs/latest/users_guide/users_guide-1.html#ss1.4
 
-A source distribution and binaries for common architectures are
-available from the web page.
-
 + Mailing lists
 ================
 
@@ -82,18 +73,17 @@ for tar, please)!
 ======================
 
 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, 3.02 recommended).  This release is known to work on
-the following platforms:
+memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (3.02 at
+least).  This release is known to work on the following platforms:
 
   * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}
   * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2}
+  * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10}
 
 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