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diff --git a/lang/ghc/pkg-descr b/lang/ghc/pkg-descr index d2357b56433e..28181522ac05 100644 --- a/lang/ghc/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/ghc/pkg-descr @@ -2,23 +2,15 @@ Haskell is the standard lazy purely functional programming language. The current language version is Haskell 98, agreed in December 1998, with a revised version published in January 2003. -A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries, -specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references, -contact information, links to research groups) are available from -the Haskell home page at http://haskell.org/. - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler is a robust, fully-featured, optimising compiler for the functional programming language Haskell 98 generating -good code for a variety of platforms. GHC is a state-of-the-art -programming suite for Haskell and compiles Haskell to either native -code or C. It implements numerous experimental language extensions to +good code for a variety of platforms. GHC is a state-of-the-art +programming suite for Haskell and compiles Haskell to either native code +or C. It implements numerous experimental language extensions to Haskell, including concurrency, a foreign language interface, several -type-system extensions, exceptions, and so on. GHC comes with a +type-system extensions, exceptions, and so on. GHC comes with a generational garbage collector, a space and time profiler, comprehensive set of libraries and an interactive system for convenient, quick development. -The profiling libraries for Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System -should be installed when GHC's profiling subsystem is needed. - -WWW: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ +WWW: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ |