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- From: augustss@cs.chalmers.se (Lennart Augustsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.functional
- Subject: New version of hbc - The Haskell B. Compiler
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.220225.7672@cs.chalmers.se>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 22:02:25 GMT
- Sender: news@cs.chalmers.se (News administrator)
- Organization: Dept. of CS, Chalmers, Sweden
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- * Haskell B. and LML version 0.998.1 *
- * now available from Chalmers *
- **************************************
-
- The time has come for yet another version of the Haskell
- compiler hbc and for lmlc. Read the blurb below if you want
- to know more.
-
- -- Lennart Augustsson
-
-
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- New Haskell B./LML release (0.998.1)
- ====================================
-
- There is now a new version of the Haskell B./LML compiler available.
- It is, naturally, free of charge. The best way (both for us and for
- you) to get a copy is via anonumous ftp from
- animal.cs.chalmers.se (129.16.225.30) in pub/haskell/chalmers/lml-0.998.1.*.tar.Z
- Make a suitable directory, get the file(s) (with binary ftp),
- do 'uncompress < file | tar xf -', and follow the instructions in README.
-
- Files:
- lml-0.998.1.doc.tar.Z documentation and examples
- lml-0.998.1.con.tar.Z contributed software
- lml-0.998.1.bin-sun3.tar.Z binaries for SUN3
- lml-0.998.1.bin-sun4.tar.Z binaries for SUN4
- lml-0.998.1.bin-mips.tar.Z binaries for DECstations
- lml-0.998.1.bin-symmetry.tar.Z binaries for Sequent Symmetry
- lml-0.998.1.src.tar.Z source for the compiler
- (These files should be unpacked in the same directory.)
-
- The whole distribution takes a lot of space, but you only need to get the
- binaries for the machines you are interested in. You don't have to
- get the source if you don't want.
-
- The Haskell system consists of a batch compiler, hbc, and an
- interactive system, hbi. The compiler handles full Haskell 1.2
- as defined in the report (published recently in SIGPLAN Notices).
- Hbc also has some extensions that are off by default.
- The interactive system can load code compiled with the batch
- compiler to get better speed.
-
- What's new in this release?
- - Lots of bug fixes.
- - Lots of small improvements.
- - Profiling of heap usage.
- - Experimental implementation of existential types (a la Odersky).
- - Much, much better Integer (bignum) performance.
- - The interactive system works on DECstations.
- - Easier(?) installation.
- - Several new experimental garbage collectors.
-
- The compiler runs on a number of machines, but only under UNIX (so
- far). The machines and OS on which this distribution runs are
-
- SUN3 SunOS 4.1.2
- Sequent Symmetry Dynix 3.1.4
- DECstation 3100 Ultrix 4.2
- SUN4 SunOs 4.1.2
-
- The following machines were once supported and could be made to work
- with some effort.
- Sequent Balance (this version has not been used for a
- while, but probably works)
- CRAY XMP Unicos
- IBM RT/PC BSD 4.3
- VAX BSD 4.3
- ARM
-
- The distribution contains binaries and source (in LML) for the
- compiler and some contributed programs, as well as some documentation.
-
- If you have any problems send us mail to hbc@cs.chalmers.se
-
-
- Lennart Augustsson Thomas Johnsson
-
- augustss@cs.chalmers.se johnsson@cs.chalmers.se
-
- Department of Computer Sciences
- Chalmers University of Technology
- S-412 96 Gothenburg
- Sweden
-
- --
-
- -- Lennart Augustsson
- [This signature is intentionally left blank.]
-