[m-dev.] for review: update web pages for 0.9

[Warwick Harvey]

Fergus wrote:
> Index: w3/download/include/release-0.9.inc
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: release-0.9.inc
> diff -N release-0.9.inc
> --- /dev/null	Wed May 28 10:49:58 1997
> +++ release-0.9.inc	Tue Dec 14 02:36:12 1999
[...]
> +<li> We've removed the support for using a Prolog debugger on Mercury programs. <p>

That line is more than 80 characters.  ;-)

(Sorry, couldn't resist.)

> +
> +  Now that we have a working Mercury debugger, there's no longer any need to
> +  use a Prolog debugger for debugging Mercury code. <p>
> +
> +  Normally we would warn at least one or two releases in advance, if
> +  any feature is to be removed.  However, in this case
> +
> +	<ul>
> +  	<li> it was an implementation feature rather than a language feature;
> +	<li> the cost of maintaining the feature was quite high;
> +	<li> the feature was already broken is various ways [one being that it
> +	  doesn't work with the latest versions of SICStus Prolog, due to
> +	  those versions removing support for a SICStus Prolog feature
> +	  (save/1), apparently without any advance notice]; and

I'd suggest s/the latest/recent/, since (I think) it was broken by 0.7, and
they've now released 0.8.

Warwick
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