Haskell: GHC 9.8.4 is now available

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GHC 9.8.4 is now available

Ben Gamari - 2024-12-02

The GHC developers are happy to announce the availability of GHC 9.8.4. Binary distributions, source distributions, and documentation are available on the release page.

This release is a small release fixing a few issues noted in 9.8.3, including:

• Update the filepath submodule to avoid a misbehavior of splitFileName under Windows.

• Update the unix submodule to fix a compilation issue on musl platforms

• Fix a potential source of miscompilation when building large projects on 32-bit platforms

• Fix unsound optimisation of prompt# uses

A full accounting of changes can be found in the release notes</a...

Get the full details here: GHC 9.8.4 is now available — The Glasgow Haskell Compiler