We are happy to announce Ajhc 0.8.0.8. This version is a point release to fix some BUGs, and support new platforms. You can get Ajhc using "cabal install ajhc" command. The usage is found at Ajhc's project web site http://ajhc.metasepi.org/. The source code at https://github.com/ajhc/ajhc/tags. Welcome sending any bugs or your ideas to https://github.com/ajhc/ajhc/issues. ## Support new platforms ### mbed http://mbed.org/ The mbed platform is a single-board microcontroller using ARM Cortex-M3 CPU. It has only 32kB RAM for application.
From this release, Ajhc support mbed and Text LCD device driver. You can find the demo source code at https://github.com/ajhc/demo-cortex-m3, and watch the demo movie at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOsjEfNmTkY.
### ChibiOS/RT http://www.chibios.org/ The ChibiOS/RT is embedded real time OS.
From this release, Ajhc can compile Haskell application running on ChibiOS/RT. The application is able to use forkOS API with ChibiOS/RT's thread. You will find the demo source code at https://github.com/metasepi/chibios-arafura.
## Other changes * Use cpphs command for C preprocessor. * Don't insert (void) cast for function call. * Add --targetsini option to specify the targets.ini file. * Data.Bits support CInt. * Retry download when some error occured on getting tar ball from Hackage DB. * Fix BUGs * Don't increment megablock count, when re-use the megablock in free list. * Fix IORef compile BUG. Enjoy! :) - - - Metasepi team