There seems to be quite a bit more interest now in supporting platforms other than win/*nix on x86 these days*. Maybe now there will be sufficient motivation to make the fundamental changes required. Caveat: I have absolutely no idea of the scope or complexity of said changes. I will look through the LambdaVM code (and iPwn when available) to get an idea.
Perhaps we can devote a section of Haskell Wiki to generalizing Haskell for multiple targets? The industry has been clamoring for a unified solution to all of the mobile platforms out there. If Haskell can provide that, it would be a huge win for its popularity. * Thanks primarily to the iPhone and Android systems. I think currently iPhone is swaying the most votes but Android is due to be on a dozen phones and possibly even a netbook. (I have heard two announcements and one cancellation with regards to the netbooks). On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:34 AM, John A. De Goes <j...@n-brain.net> wrote: > > I have strong interest in Haskell on the JVM. Not for Android, however. > > Seems like every time this topic comes up, the consensus is that it's not > easy to support new targets with GHC, but that "work is underway" to make > such developments easier. > > Regards, > > John A. De Goes > N-Brain, Inc. > The Evolution of Collaboration > > http://www.n-brain.net | 877-376-2724 x 101 > > On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Ryan Trinkle wrote: > > Rick, > > I know some work has been done on JVM - iirc, Don Stewart did some work > back in the day, > www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pls/thesis/dons-thesis.ps.gz<http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/%7Epls/thesis/dons-thesis.ps.gz>, > but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. > > Is anyone else interested in JVM-based Haskell targets? > > > Ryan > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 20:42, Rick R <rick.richard...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is definitely good news! >> >> So... who's doing the Android/JVM target? ;) >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Daniel Peebles <pumpkin...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> How exciting! I fully support the creation of a new mailing list about >>> iphone+haskell :) >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Ryan Trinkle<ryant5...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Dear Haskellers, >>> > >>> > Recently, there's been a groundswell of activity in the Haskell >>> community >>> > regarding the Haskell's use in developing iPhone games. The iPhone is >>> a >>> > powerful, innovative platform (with a great monetization scheme, to >>> boot), >>> > and it's not surprising that many of us would want to develop apps for >>> it in >>> > our favorite language. >>> > >>> > I am proud to announce today that my company, iPwn Studios Inc., is >>> > currently preparing to release an open source patch to GHC that allows >>> it to >>> > output binaries for iPhone OS. The patch will be released under a BSD >>> > license as soon as possible and hopefully integrated into the GHC >>> main-line >>> > in the near future. As the first (to my knowledge) Haskell-based game >>> > studio, iPwn Studios is committed to giving back to the Haskell >>> community >>> > through open source - contributing to a rising tide that lifts us all. >>> > >>> > I would like to take this opportunity to propose the creation of a >>> > haskell-iphone mailing list, so that all Haskellers working with the >>> iPhone >>> > - whether for profit or for pleasure - can come together to make >>> Haskell a >>> > force to be reckoned with in the burgeoning iPhone App marketplace. >>> > >>> > >>> > Best wishes, >>> > Ryan Trinkle >>> > President, iPwn Studios Inc. >>> > >>> > P.S.: If you wish to be involved in the preparation of the GHC patch or >>> in >>> > the creation of iPwn Studios' first game, don't hesitate to contact me >>> by >>> > email (ryant5...@gmail.com), AIM (RyanT5000), or IRC (RyanT5000 on >>> > irc.freenode.net). >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>> > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >>> > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the >> continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge." >> >> - Daniel J. Boorstin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > -- "The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin
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