[project @ 1997-08-25 21:20:34 by sof]

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ANNOUNCE

+	     The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.06
+	    ==============================================
+
+We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell
+Compiler (GHC), version 2.06. 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 2.06 represent work done through August '97.
+.....
+
++ 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