On 27 July 2011 13:55, Tom Murphy <amin...@gmail.com> wrote: > This may sound ignorant because, well, it is ignorant: I know very > little about the underlying mechanics here. > > Installing the Haskell Platform currently requires XCode developer tools. > > To get XCode on my 10.6 machine, I...
My understanding is that it's about $5 (though I seem to recall hearing that they recently made it free), but I don't use OSX so I can't really help you. > Is there a way to install HP without XCode? Could there be in the > future? I'm tired of dealing with Apple's constant upgrade > requirements, registration requirements, etc., and it seems like a > small function that XCode actually performs in the Haskell development > "toolchain." A C compiler (specifically gcc; not sure if anyone has tried GHC with clang yet). Whilst GHC doesn't need to go via C any more, the Haskell Platform does come with some libraries that have a C component; GHC is also partly written in C (for the RTS if memory serves) though that shouldn't be a factor here as you're getting a binary. -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe