There is no C-- backend for GHC (search the mailing list and you'll see Simon asking someone to try to do this :P). GHC either generates code by itself, or generates normal C code (with -fvia-c or -O2, iirc) and then uses GCC to compile this.
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Graham Klyne wrote: > In an exchange of ideas with a friend, this question arose: > > [[ > I've been looking at GHC, and it looks like it has generates machine code > directly rather than via C--. I know that Simon Peyton Jones (famous in the > Haskell world) is one of the authors of C--, but I can find no direct > connection between this and GHC or Haskell. Have you any idea where I might > find this connection? > ]] > > In my discussion with him, I had assumed that GHC generates code via C-- > and a version of the GCC compiler (why else is GCC part of the GHC > installation?). Can anyone shed any light or pointers? > > Thanks. > > #g > > > ------------ > Graham Klyne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > -- -- Hal Daume III | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Arrest this man, he talks in maths." | www.isi.edu/~hdaume _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell