ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.10.1

[Magicloud]

Hi,
    It is a few days after the release. But why the darcs repos of 6.10 
is still changing?

Ian Lynagh wrote:
>    ==============================================================
>     The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 6.10.1
>    ==============================================================
>
> The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC. There
> have been a number of significant changes since the last major release,
> including:
>
>  * Some new language features have been implemented:
>    * Record syntax: wild-card patterns, punning, and field disambiguation
>    * Generalised quasi-quotes
>    * Generalised list comprehensions
>    * View patterns
>
>  * Type families have been completely re-implemented
>
>  * Now comes with Haddock 2, which supports all GHC extensions
>
>  * Parallel garbage collection
>
>  * Base provides extensible exceptions
>
>  * The GHC API is easier to use
>
>  * External core (output only) now works again
>
>  * Data Parallel Haskell (DPH) comes as part of GHC
>
> The full release notes are here:
>
>   http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.10.1/html/users_guide/release-6-10-1.html
>
> How to get it
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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>
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