[Haskell-cafe] Re: nhc vs ghc

2007-11-24 Thread apfelmus
brad clawsie wrote: can anyone provide a concise list of the major differences between nhc98 and ghc? for example, can i build a cabal package with nhc98? i get that ghc and nhc98 are not interchangeable, otherwise i am not sure The major difference is that nhc98 is pretty much Haskell98 only,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: nhc vs ghc

2007-11-24 Thread Neil Mitchell
Hi can anyone provide a concise list of the major differences between nhc98 and ghc? for example, can i build a cabal package with nhc98? i get that ghc and nhc98 are not interchangeable, otherwise i am not sure The other major differences: * nhc is unavailable on Windows * nhc programs

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: nhc vs ghc

2007-11-24 Thread Neil Mitchell
Hi 1. It IS available on Windows. Not without Mingw/Cygwin - which in my mind makes it not Windows native. I also know that the release is made without testing on Windows, and that certain related tools like hmake rely on shell scripts. If there is someone using nhc seriously on Windows, it

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: nhc vs ghc

2007-11-24 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 10:44:45AM +, Neil Mitchell wrote: Hi can anyone provide a concise list of the major differences between nhc98 and ghc? for example, can i build a cabal package with nhc98? i get that ghc and nhc98 are not interchangeable, otherwise i am not sure The