diff --git a/IO.hs b/IO.hs
--- a/IO.hs
+++ b/IO.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-deprecations #-}
+
 module IO (
     Handle, HandlePosn,
     IOMode(ReadMode,WriteMode,AppendMode,ReadWriteMode),
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@
   ) where
 
 import System.IO
-import System.IO.Error
+import System.IO.Error hiding (catch, try)
 
 -- | The 'bracket' function captures a common allocate, compute, deallocate
 -- idiom in which the deallocation step must occur even in the case of an
@@ -56,3 +59,14 @@
          case rs of
             Right r -> return r
             Left  e -> ioError e
+
+-- | The construct 'try' @comp@ exposes IO errors which occur within a
+-- computation, and which are not fully handled.
+--
+-- Non-I\/O exceptions are not caught by this variant; to catch all
+-- exceptions, use 'Control.Exception.try' from "Control.Exception".
+try     :: IO a -> IO (Either IOError a)
+try f   =  catch (do r <- f
+                     return (Right r))
+                 (return . Left)
+
diff --git a/List.hs b/List.hs
--- a/List.hs
+++ b/List.hs
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
     zip, zip3, zipWith, zipWith3, unzip, unzip3
   ) where
 
-import Data.List hiding (foldl')
+import Data.List hiding (foldl', splitAt)
diff --git a/Numeric.hs b/Numeric.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Numeric.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
+
+module Numeric (
+
+        -- * Showing
+
+        showSigned,       -- :: (Real a) => (a -> ShowS) -> Int -> a -> ShowS
+
+        showIntAtBase,    -- :: Integral a => a -> (a -> Char) -> a -> ShowS
+        showInt,          -- :: Integral a => a -> ShowS
+        showHex,          -- :: Integral a => a -> ShowS
+        showOct,          -- :: Integral a => a -> ShowS
+
+        showEFloat,       -- :: (RealFloat a) => Maybe Int -> a -> ShowS
+        showFFloat,       -- :: (RealFloat a) => Maybe Int -> a -> ShowS
+        showGFloat,       -- :: (RealFloat a) => Maybe Int -> a -> ShowS
+        showFloat,        -- :: (RealFloat a) => a -> ShowS
+
+        floatToDigits,    -- :: (RealFloat a) => Integer -> a -> ([Int], Int)
+
+        -- * Reading
+
+        -- | /NB:/ 'readInt' is the \'dual\' of 'showIntAtBase',
+        -- and 'readDec' is the \`dual\' of 'showInt'.
+        -- The inconsistent naming is a historical accident.
+
+        readSigned,       -- :: (Real a) => ReadS a -> ReadS a
+
+        readInt,          -- :: (Integral a) => a -> (Char -> Bool)
+                          --         -> (Char -> Int) -> ReadS a
+        readDec,          -- :: (Integral a) => ReadS a
+        readOct,          -- :: (Integral a) => ReadS a
+        readHex,          -- :: (Integral a) => ReadS a
+
+        readFloat,        -- :: (RealFloat a) => ReadS a
+
+        lexDigits,        -- :: ReadS String
+
+        -- * Miscellaneous
+
+        fromRat,          -- :: (RealFloat a) => Rational -> a
+
+        ) where
+
+import "base" Numeric
diff --git a/Prelude.hs b/Prelude.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Prelude.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, NoImplicitPrelude, BangPatterns, PackageImports #-}
+
+-- |
+-- The Haskell 98 Prelude: a standard module imported by default
+-- into all Haskell modules.  For more documentation, see the Haskell 98
+-- Report <http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/>.
+
+module Prelude (
+
+    -- * Standard types, classes and related functions
+
+    -- ** Basic data types
+    Bool(False, True),
+    (&&), (||), not, otherwise,
+
+    Maybe(Nothing, Just),
+    maybe,
+
+    Either(Left, Right),
+    either,
+
+    Ordering(LT, EQ, GT),
+    Char, String,
+
+    -- *** Tuples
+    fst, snd, curry, uncurry,
+
+#if defined(__NHC__)
+    []((:), []),        -- Not legal Haskell 98;
+                        -- ... available through built-in syntax
+    module Data.Tuple,  -- Includes tuple types
+    ()(..),             -- Not legal Haskell 98
+    (->),               -- ... available through built-in syntax
+#endif
+#ifdef __HUGS__
+    (:),                -- Not legal Haskell 98
+#endif
+
+    -- ** Basic type classes
+    Eq((==), (/=)),
+    Ord(compare, (<), (<=), (>=), (>), max, min),
+    Enum(succ, pred, toEnum, fromEnum, enumFrom, enumFromThen,
+         enumFromTo, enumFromThenTo),
+    Bounded(minBound, maxBound),
+
+    -- ** Numbers
+
+    -- *** Numeric types
+    Int, Integer, Float, Double,
+    Rational,
+
+    -- *** Numeric type classes
+    Num((+), (-), (*), negate, abs, signum, fromInteger),
+    Real(toRational),
+    Integral(quot, rem, div, mod, quotRem, divMod, toInteger),
+    Fractional((/), recip, fromRational),
+    Floating(pi, exp, log, sqrt, (**), logBase, sin, cos, tan,
+             asin, acos, atan, sinh, cosh, tanh, asinh, acosh, atanh),
+    RealFrac(properFraction, truncate, round, ceiling, floor),
+    RealFloat(floatRadix, floatDigits, floatRange, decodeFloat,
+              encodeFloat, exponent, significand, scaleFloat, isNaN,
+              isInfinite, isDenormalized, isIEEE, isNegativeZero, atan2),
+
+    -- *** Numeric functions
+    subtract, even, odd, gcd, lcm, (^), (^^),
+    fromIntegral, realToFrac,
+
+    -- ** Monads and functors
+    Monad((>>=), (>>), return, fail),
+    Functor(fmap),
+    mapM, mapM_, sequence, sequence_, (=<<),
+
+    -- ** Miscellaneous functions
+    id, const, (.), flip, ($), until,
+    asTypeOf, error, undefined,
+    seq, ($!),
+
+    -- * List operations
+    map, (++), filter,
+    head, last, tail, init, null, length, (!!),
+    reverse,
+    -- ** Reducing lists (folds)
+    foldl, foldl1, foldr, foldr1,
+    -- *** Special folds
+    and, or, any, all,
+    sum, product,
+    concat, concatMap,
+    maximum, minimum,
+    -- ** Building lists
+    -- *** Scans
+    scanl, scanl1, scanr, scanr1,
+    -- *** Infinite lists
+    iterate, repeat, replicate, cycle,
+    -- ** Sublists
+    take, drop, splitAt, takeWhile, dropWhile, span, break,
+    -- ** Searching lists
+    elem, notElem, lookup,
+    -- ** Zipping and unzipping lists
+    zip, zip3, zipWith, zipWith3, unzip, unzip3,
+    -- ** Functions on strings
+    lines, words, unlines, unwords,
+
+    -- * Converting to and from @String@
+    -- ** Converting to @String@
+    ShowS,
+    Show(showsPrec, showList, show),
+    shows,
+    showChar, showString, showParen,
+    -- ** Converting from @String@
+    ReadS,
+    Read(readsPrec, readList),
+    reads, readParen, read, lex,
+
+    -- * Basic Input and output
+    IO,
+    -- ** Simple I\/O operations
+    -- All I/O functions defined here are character oriented.  The
+    -- treatment of the newline character will vary on different systems.
+    -- For example, two characters of input, return and linefeed, may
+    -- read as a single newline character.  These functions cannot be
+    -- used portably for binary I/O.
+    -- *** Output functions
+    putChar,
+    putStr, putStrLn, print,
+    -- *** Input functions
+    getChar,
+    getLine, getContents, interact,
+    -- *** Files
+    FilePath,
+    readFile, writeFile, appendFile, readIO, readLn,
+    -- ** Exception handling in the I\/O monad
+    IOError, ioError, userError, catch
+
+  ) where
+
+#ifndef __HUGS__
+import qualified "base" Control.Exception.Base as New (catch)
+import "base" Control.Monad
+import "base" System.IO
+import "base" System.IO.Error (IOError, ioError, userError)
+import "base" Data.List hiding ( splitAt )
+import "base" Data.Either
+import "base" Data.Maybe
+import "base" Data.Tuple
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
+import GHC.Base
+-- import GHC.IO
+-- import GHC.IO.Exception
+import Text.Read
+import GHC.Enum
+import GHC.Num
+import GHC.Real hiding ( gcd )
+import qualified GHC.Real ( gcd )
+import GHC.Float
+import GHC.Show
+import GHC.Err   ( undefined )
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __HUGS__
+import Hugs.Prelude
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __HUGS__
+infixr 0 $!
+#endif
+
+-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Miscellaneous functions
+
+-- | Strict (call-by-value) application, defined in terms of 'seq'.
+($!)    :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
+#ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
+f $! x  = let !vx = x in f vx  -- see #2273
+#elif !defined(__HUGS__)
+f $! x  = x `seq` f x
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __HADDOCK__
+-- | The value of @'seq' a b@ is bottom if @a@ is bottom, and otherwise
+-- equal to @b@.  'seq' is usually introduced to improve performance by
+-- avoiding unneeded laziness.
+seq :: a -> b -> b
+seq _ y = y
+#endif
+
+-- | The 'catch' function establishes a handler that receives any
+-- 'IOError' raised in the action protected by 'catch'.
+-- An 'IOError' is caught by
+-- the most recent handler established by one of the exception handling
+-- functions.  These handlers are
+-- not selective: all 'IOError's are caught.  Exception propagation
+-- must be explicitly provided in a handler by re-raising any unwanted
+-- exceptions.  For example, in
+--
+-- > f = catch g (\e -> if IO.isEOFError e then return [] else ioError e)
+--
+-- the function @f@ returns @[]@ when an end-of-file exception
+-- (cf. 'System.IO.Error.isEOFError') occurs in @g@; otherwise, the
+-- exception is propagated to the next outer handler.
+--
+-- When an exception propagates outside the main program, the Haskell
+-- system prints the associated 'IOError' value and exits the program.
+--
+-- Non-I\/O exceptions are not caught by this variant; to catch all
+-- exceptions, use 'Control.Exception.catch' from "Control.Exception".
+catch :: IO a -> (IOError -> IO a) -> IO a
+catch = New.catch
+
+#ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
+-- | @'gcd' x y@ is the greatest (positive) integer that divides both @x@
+-- and @y@; for example @'gcd' (-3) 6@ = @3@, @'gcd' (-3) (-6)@ = @3@,
+-- @'gcd' 0 4@ = @4@.  @'gcd' 0 0@ raises a runtime error.
+gcd             :: (Integral a) => a -> a -> a
+gcd 0 0         =  error "Prelude.gcd: gcd 0 0 is undefined"
+gcd x y         = GHC.Real.gcd x y
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __HUGS__
+-- The GHC's version of 'splitAt' is too strict in 'n' compared to
+-- Haskell98/2010 version. Ticket #1182.
+
+-- | 'splitAt' @n xs@ returns a tuple where first element is @xs@ prefix of
+-- length @n@ and second element is the remainder of the list:
+--
+-- > splitAt 6 "Hello World!" == ("Hello ","World!")
+-- > splitAt 3 [1,2,3,4,5] == ([1,2,3],[4,5])
+-- > splitAt 1 [1,2,3] == ([1],[2,3])
+-- > splitAt 3 [1,2,3] == ([1,2,3],[])
+-- > splitAt 4 [1,2,3] == ([1,2,3],[])
+-- > splitAt 0 [1,2,3] == ([],[1,2,3])
+-- > splitAt (-1) [1,2,3] == ([],[1,2,3])
+--
+-- It is equivalent to @('take' n xs, 'drop' n xs)@.
+-- 'splitAt' is an instance of the more general 'Data.List.genericSplitAt',
+-- in which @n@ may be of any integral type.
+splitAt                :: Int -> [a] -> ([a],[a])
+splitAt n xs           =  (take n xs, drop n xs)
+#endif
diff --git a/Random.hs b/Random.hs
--- a/Random.hs
+++ b/Random.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,417 @@
-module Random (
-   RandomGen(next, split, genRange),
-   StdGen, mkStdGen,
-   Random( random,   randomR, randoms,  randomRs, randomIO, randomRIO ),
-   getStdRandom, getStdGen, setStdGen, newStdGen
-  ) where
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 
-import System.Random
+module Random
+        (
+
+        -- $intro
+
+        -- * Random number generators
+
+          RandomGen(next, split, genRange)
+
+        -- ** Standard random number generators
+        , StdGen
+        , mkStdGen
+
+        -- ** The global random number generator
+
+        -- $globalrng
+
+        , getStdRandom
+        , getStdGen
+        , setStdGen
+        , newStdGen
+
+        -- * Random values of various types
+        , Random ( random,   randomR,
+                   randoms,  randomRs,
+                   randomIO, randomRIO )
+
+        -- * References
+        -- $references
+
+        ) where
+
+import Prelude
+
+import Data.Int
+
+#ifdef __NHC__
+import CPUTime          ( getCPUTime )
+import Foreign.Ptr      ( Ptr, nullPtr )
+import Foreign.C        ( CTime, CUInt )
+#else
+import System.CPUTime   ( getCPUTime )
+import Data.Time        ( getCurrentTime, UTCTime(..) )
+import Data.Ratio       ( numerator, denominator )
+#endif
+import Data.Char        ( isSpace, chr, ord )
+import System.IO.Unsafe ( unsafePerformIO )
+import Data.IORef
+import Numeric          ( readDec )
+
+-- The standard nhc98 implementation of Time.ClockTime does not match
+-- the extended one expected in this module, so we lash-up a quick
+-- replacement here.
+#ifdef __NHC__
+foreign import ccall "time.h time" readtime :: Ptr CTime -> IO CTime
+getTime :: IO (Integer, Integer)
+getTime = do CTime t <- readtime nullPtr;  return (toInteger t, 0)
+#else
+getTime :: IO (Integer, Integer)
+getTime = do
+  utc <- getCurrentTime
+  let daytime = toRational $ utctDayTime utc
+  return $ quotRem (numerator daytime) (denominator daytime)
+#endif
+
+-- | The class 'RandomGen' provides a common interface to random number
+-- generators.
+--
+-- Minimal complete definition: 'next' and 'split'.
+
+class RandomGen g where
+
+   -- |The 'next' operation returns an 'Int' that is uniformly distributed
+   -- in the range returned by 'genRange' (including both end points),
+   -- and a new generator.
+   next     :: g -> (Int, g)
+
+   -- |The 'split' operation allows one to obtain two distinct random number
+   -- generators. This is very useful in functional programs (for example, when
+   -- passing a random number generator down to recursive calls), but very
+   -- little work has been done on statistically robust implementations of
+   -- 'split' (["System.Random\#Burton", "System.Random\#Hellekalek"]
+   -- are the only examples we know of).
+   split    :: g -> (g, g)
+
+   -- |The 'genRange' operation yields the range of values returned by
+   -- the generator.
+   --
+   -- It is required that:
+   --
+   -- * If @(a,b) = 'genRange' g@, then @a < b@.
+   --
+   -- * 'genRange' always returns a pair of defined 'Int's.
+   --
+   -- The second condition ensures that 'genRange' cannot examine its
+   -- argument, and hence the value it returns can be determined only by the
+   -- instance of 'RandomGen'.  That in turn allows an implementation to make
+   -- a single call to 'genRange' to establish a generator's range, without
+   -- being concerned that the generator returned by (say) 'next' might have
+   -- a different range to the generator passed to 'next'.
+   --
+   -- The default definition spans the full range of 'Int'.
+   genRange :: g -> (Int,Int)
+
+   -- default method
+   genRange _ = (minBound, maxBound)
+
+{- |
+The 'StdGen' instance of 'RandomGen' has a 'genRange' of at least 30 bits.
+
+The result of repeatedly using 'next' should be at least as statistically
+robust as the /Minimal Standard Random Number Generator/ described by
+["System.Random\#Park", "System.Random\#Carta"].
+Until more is known about implementations of 'split', all we require is
+that 'split' deliver generators that are (a) not identical and
+(b) independently robust in the sense just given.
+
+The 'Show' and 'Read' instances of 'StdGen' provide a primitive way to save the
+state of a random number generator.
+It is required that @'read' ('show' g) == g@.
+
+In addition, 'reads' may be used to map an arbitrary string (not necessarily one
+produced by 'show') onto a value of type 'StdGen'. In general, the 'Read'
+instance of 'StdGen' has the following properties:
+
+* It guarantees to succeed on any string.
+
+* It guarantees to consume only a finite portion of the string.
+
+* Different argument strings are likely to result in different results.
+
+-}
+
+data StdGen
+ = StdGen Int32 Int32
+
+instance RandomGen StdGen where
+  next  = stdNext
+  split = stdSplit
+  genRange _ = stdRange
+
+instance Show StdGen where
+  showsPrec p (StdGen s1 s2) =
+     showsPrec p s1 .
+     showChar ' ' .
+     showsPrec p s2
+
+instance Read StdGen where
+  readsPrec _p = \ r ->
+     case try_read r of
+       r'@[_] -> r'
+       _   -> [stdFromString r] -- because it shouldn't ever fail.
+    where
+      try_read r = do
+         (s1, r1) <- readDec (dropWhile isSpace r)
+         (s2, r2) <- readDec (dropWhile isSpace r1)
+         return (StdGen s1 s2, r2)
+
+{-
+ If we cannot unravel the StdGen from a string, create
+ one based on the string given.
+-}
+stdFromString         :: String -> (StdGen, String)
+stdFromString s        = (mkStdGen num, rest)
+        where (cs, rest) = splitAt 6 s
+              num        = foldl (\a x -> x + 3 * a) 1 (map ord cs)
+
+
+{- |
+The function 'mkStdGen' provides an alternative way of producing an initial
+generator, by mapping an 'Int' into a generator. Again, distinct arguments
+should be likely to produce distinct generators.
+-}
+mkStdGen :: Int -> StdGen -- why not Integer ?
+mkStdGen s = mkStdGen32 $ fromIntegral s
+
+mkStdGen32 :: Int32 -> StdGen
+mkStdGen32 s
+ | s < 0     = mkStdGen32 (-s)
+ | otherwise = StdGen (s1+1) (s2+1)
+      where
+        (q, s1) = s `divMod` 2147483562
+        s2      = q `mod` 2147483398
+
+createStdGen :: Integer -> StdGen
+createStdGen s = mkStdGen32 $ fromIntegral s
+
+-- FIXME: 1/2/3 below should be ** (vs@30082002) XXX
+
+{- |
+With a source of random number supply in hand, the 'Random' class allows the
+programmer to extract random values of a variety of types.
+
+Minimal complete definition: 'randomR' and 'random'.
+
+-}
+
+class Random a where
+  -- | Takes a range /(lo,hi)/ and a random number generator
+  -- /g/, and returns a random value uniformly distributed in the closed
+  -- interval /[lo,hi]/, together with a new generator. It is unspecified
+  -- what happens if /lo>hi/. For continuous types there is no requirement
+  -- that the values /lo/ and /hi/ are ever produced, but they may be,
+  -- depending on the implementation and the interval.
+  randomR :: RandomGen g => (a,a) -> g -> (a,g)
+
+  -- | The same as 'randomR', but using a default range determined by the type:
+  --
+  -- * For bounded types (instances of 'Bounded', such as 'Char'),
+  --   the range is normally the whole type.
+  --
+  -- * For fractional types, the range is normally the semi-closed interval
+  -- @[0,1)@.
+  --
+  -- * For 'Integer', the range is (arbitrarily) the range of 'Int'.
+  random  :: RandomGen g => g -> (a, g)
+
+  -- | Plural variant of 'randomR', producing an infinite list of
+  -- random values instead of returning a new generator.
+  randomRs :: RandomGen g => (a,a) -> g -> [a]
+  randomRs ival g = x : randomRs ival g' where (x,g') = randomR ival g
+
+  -- | Plural variant of 'random', producing an infinite list of
+  -- random values instead of returning a new generator.
+  randoms  :: RandomGen g => g -> [a]
+  randoms  g      = (\(x,g') -> x : randoms g') (random g)
+
+  -- | A variant of 'randomR' that uses the global random number generator
+  -- (see "System.Random#globalrng").
+  randomRIO :: (a,a) -> IO a
+  randomRIO range  = getStdRandom (randomR range)
+
+  -- | A variant of 'random' that uses the global random number generator
+  -- (see "System.Random#globalrng").
+  randomIO  :: IO a
+  randomIO         = getStdRandom random
+
+
+instance Random Int where
+  randomR (a,b) g = randomIvalInteger (toInteger a, toInteger b) g
+  random g        = randomR (minBound,maxBound) g
+
+instance Random Char where
+  randomR (a,b) g =
+      case (randomIvalInteger (toInteger (ord a), toInteger (ord b)) g) of
+        (x,g') -> (chr x, g')
+  random g        = randomR (minBound,maxBound) g
+
+instance Random Bool where
+  randomR (a,b) g =
+      case (randomIvalInteger (bool2Int a, bool2Int b) g) of
+        (x, g') -> (int2Bool x, g')
+       where
+         bool2Int :: Bool -> Integer
+         bool2Int False = 0
+         bool2Int True  = 1
+
+         int2Bool :: Int -> Bool
+         int2Bool 0     = False
+         int2Bool _     = True
+
+  random g        = randomR (minBound,maxBound) g
+
+instance Random Integer where
+  randomR ival g = randomIvalInteger ival g
+  random g       = randomR (toInteger (minBound::Int), toInteger (maxBound::Int)) g
+
+instance Random Double where
+  randomR ival g = randomIvalDouble ival id g
+  random g       = randomR (0::Double,1) g
+
+-- hah, so you thought you were saving cycles by using Float?
+instance Random Float where
+  random g        = randomIvalDouble (0::Double,1) realToFrac g
+  randomR (a,b) g = randomIvalDouble (realToFrac a, realToFrac b) realToFrac g
+
+mkStdRNG :: Integer -> IO StdGen
+mkStdRNG o = do
+    ct          <- getCPUTime
+    (sec, psec) <- getTime
+    return (createStdGen (sec * 12345 + psec + ct + o))
+
+randomIvalInteger :: (RandomGen g, Num a) => (Integer, Integer) -> g -> (a, g)
+randomIvalInteger (l,h) rng
+ | l > h     = randomIvalInteger (h,l) rng
+ | otherwise = case (f n 1 rng) of (v, rng') -> (fromInteger (l + v `mod` k), rng')
+     where
+       k = h - l + 1
+       b = 2147483561
+       n = iLogBase b k
+
+       f 0 acc g = (acc, g)
+       f n' acc g =
+          let
+           (x,g')   = next g
+          in
+          f (n' - 1) (fromIntegral x + acc * b) g'
+
+randomIvalDouble :: (RandomGen g, Fractional a) => (Double, Double) -> (Double -> a) -> g -> (a, g)
+randomIvalDouble (l,h) fromDouble rng
+  | l > h     = randomIvalDouble (h,l) fromDouble rng
+  | otherwise =
+       case (randomIvalInteger (toInteger (minBound::Int32), toInteger (maxBound::Int32)) rng) of
+         (x, rng') ->
+            let
+             scaled_x =
+                fromDouble ((l+h)/2) +
+                fromDouble ((h-l) / realToFrac int32Count) *
+                fromIntegral (x::Int32)
+            in
+            (scaled_x, rng')
+
+int32Count :: Integer
+int32Count = toInteger (maxBound::Int32) - toInteger (minBound::Int32) + 1
+
+iLogBase :: Integer -> Integer -> Integer
+iLogBase b i = if i < b then 1 else 1 + iLogBase b (i `div` b)
+
+stdRange :: (Int,Int)
+stdRange = (0, 2147483562)
+
+stdNext :: StdGen -> (Int, StdGen)
+-- Returns values in the range stdRange
+stdNext (StdGen s1 s2) = (fromIntegral z', StdGen s1'' s2'')
+        where   z'   = if z < 1 then z + 2147483562 else z
+                z    = s1'' - s2''
+
+                k    = s1 `quot` 53668
+                s1'  = 40014 * (s1 - k * 53668) - k * 12211
+                s1'' = if s1' < 0 then s1' + 2147483563 else s1'
+
+                k'   = s2 `quot` 52774
+                s2'  = 40692 * (s2 - k' * 52774) - k' * 3791
+                s2'' = if s2' < 0 then s2' + 2147483399 else s2'
+
+stdSplit            :: StdGen -> (StdGen, StdGen)
+stdSplit std@(StdGen s1 s2)
+                     = (left, right)
+                       where
+                        -- no statistical foundation for this!
+                        left    = StdGen new_s1 t2
+                        right   = StdGen t1 new_s2
+
+                        new_s1 | s1 == 2147483562 = 1
+                               | otherwise        = s1 + 1
+
+                        new_s2 | s2 == 1          = 2147483398
+                               | otherwise        = s2 - 1
+
+                        StdGen t1 t2 = snd (next std)
+
+-- The global random number generator
+
+{- $globalrng #globalrng#
+
+There is a single, implicit, global random number generator of type
+'StdGen', held in some global variable maintained by the 'IO' monad. It is
+initialised automatically in some system-dependent fashion, for example, by
+using the time of day, or Linux's kernel random number generator. To get
+deterministic behaviour, use 'setStdGen'.
+-}
+
+-- |Sets the global random number generator.
+setStdGen :: StdGen -> IO ()
+setStdGen sgen = writeIORef theStdGen sgen
+
+-- |Gets the global random number generator.
+getStdGen :: IO StdGen
+getStdGen  = readIORef theStdGen
+
+theStdGen :: IORef StdGen
+theStdGen  = unsafePerformIO $ do
+   rng <- mkStdRNG 0
+   newIORef rng
+
+-- |Applies 'split' to the current global random generator,
+-- updates it with one of the results, and returns the other.
+newStdGen :: IO StdGen
+newStdGen = atomicModifyIORef theStdGen split
+
+{- |Uses the supplied function to get a value from the current global
+random generator, and updates the global generator with the new generator
+returned by the function. For example, @rollDice@ gets a random integer
+between 1 and 6:
+
+>  rollDice :: IO Int
+>  rollDice = getStdRandom (randomR (1,6))
+
+-}
+
+getStdRandom :: (StdGen -> (a,StdGen)) -> IO a
+getStdRandom f = atomicModifyIORef theStdGen (swap . f)
+  where swap (v,g) = (g,v)
+
+{- $references
+
+1. FW #Burton# Burton and RL Page, /Distributed random number generation/,
+Journal of Functional Programming, 2(2):203-212, April 1992.
+
+2. SK #Park# Park, and KW Miller, /Random number generators -
+good ones are hard to find/, Comm ACM 31(10), Oct 1988, pp1192-1201.
+
+3. DG #Carta# Carta, /Two fast implementations of the minimal standard
+random number generator/, Comm ACM, 33(1), Jan 1990, pp87-88.
+
+4. P #Hellekalek# Hellekalek, /Don\'t trust parallel Monte Carlo/,
+Department of Mathematics, University of Salzburg,
+<http://random.mat.sbg.ac.at/~peter/pads98.ps>, 1998.
+
+5. Pierre #LEcuyer# L'Ecuyer, /Efficient and portable combined random
+number generators/, Comm ACM, 31(6), Jun 1988, pp742-749.
+
+The Web site <http://random.mat.sbg.ac.at/> is a great source of information.
+
+-}
diff --git a/haskell98.cabal b/haskell98.cabal
--- a/haskell98.cabal
+++ b/haskell98.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:		haskell98
-version:	1.1.0.1
+version:	2.0.0.0
 license:	BSD3
 license-file:	LICENSE
 maintainer:	libraries@haskell.org
@@ -19,21 +19,23 @@
 Library
     build-depends:	base        >= 3   && < 5,
                     directory   >= 1.1 && < 1.2,
-                    random      >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
                     old-time    >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
                     old-locale  >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
-                    process     >= 1.0 && < 1.1,
-                    array       >= 0.3 && < 0.4
+                    process     >= 1.0 && < 1.2,
+                    array       >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
+                    time        >= 1.2 && < 1.3
     exposed-modules:
-        -- Haskell 98 (Prelude and Numeric are in the base package)
-        Array, CPUTime, Char, Complex, Directory, IO, Ix, List, Locale,
-        Maybe, Monad, Random, Ratio, System, Time,
+        -- Haskell 98
+        Prelude, Array, CPUTime, Char, Complex, Directory, IO,
+        Ix, List, Locale,
+        Maybe, Monad, Numeric, Random, Ratio, System, Time,
         -- FFI addendum (Foreign is in the base package)
         Bits, CError, CForeign, CString, CTypes, ForeignPtr, Int,
         MarshalAlloc, MarshalArray, MarshalError, MarshalUtils, Ptr,
         StablePtr, Storable, Word
+    exposed: False
 
 source-repository head
-    type:     darcs
-    location: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/haskell98/
+    type:     git
+    location: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/haskell98.git/
 
