On 28 Dec 2007, at 8:42 AM, Cristian Baboi wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:34:23 +0200, apfelmus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jules Bean wrote:
Cristian Baboi wrote:
But I guess it won't work because the compiler will optimize it
and the call will disappear.
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here.
(That's the "world view on Haskell" issue I mean. I know this
feeling with physics: "what the heck are they talking about, this
is just mathematically wrong, ill-defined or otherwise void of
contents?")
Let me ask you 3 simple questions.
Can one use Haskell to make dynamically linked libraries (DLL on
Windows, so on Linux) ?
Haskell 98, no. But GHC works fine.
If yes, what is in them ?
As has been said, object code. Which is why you can't call GHC
outside of the IO monad.
If not, why not ?
Because it's not portable.
These days, it is distressingly common to see the word `portable'
used to mean `works on anything sufficiently willing to pretend it's
a Unix'. This depresses me; I think it's a failure of imagination,
mostly.
jcc
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