GHC 6.6 is out!

Posted by Tom Moertel Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:21:00 GMT

Hooray! The Glasgow Haskell Compiler, version 6.6, has been released. Among the many new features in GHC 6.6 are a few that I’m looking forward to using right away:

  • SMP support to keep dual-core processors happy.
  • Bang patterns to strictify function arguments automatically, saving many calls to seq.
  • GADTs can now use record syntax.
  • GHCi now allows tab completion of in-scope names and modules on platforms that use readline (i.e. not Windows).

Congratulations and a big thank-you to the GHC team!

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