[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Emberson) writes:
> The Web page http://haskell.org/compilers.html states:
>
> Many Haskell applications are included in the Hugs
> distribution. Also, Win32 and X11 libraries are included for easy
> access to windows, graphics, and other important OS functionalities.
>
> but upon downloading and trying to build Hugs 1.4 one a solaris
> machine I can not seem to find any X window related files and the
> build script says that it can not be build on xwindows. Is the Web
> page incorrect??
Yes, sorry about that.
We used to have X11 support but then we redesigned greencard (the tool
we use when building interfaces to C libraries) and didn't get around to
rewriting the Xlib interface.
I removed all the X11 references from the Hugs web page and
documentation but forgot to change haskell.org's pages. I've removed
the X11 claim from the web page.
> Is Haskell turning into a Microsoft only language?
Not at all. GHC and HBC are still pretty much Unix-specific (though
GHC will run on Win32 if you install Cygnus's Unix emulator). Hugs
works well on Unix, Windows and the Mac but includes 3 Win32 specific
libraries (out of a total of more than 30).
Alastair
