RE: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-24 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
...@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-cafe-boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Rick R Sent: 23 June 2009 14:53 To: Haskell Cafe Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone There seems to be quite a bit more interest now in supporting platforms other than win/*nix on x86 these days*. Maybe now

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-24 Thread John A. De Goes
To: Simon Peyton-Jones; Haskell Cafe Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone How about setting up some sort of Summer of Code-type project, where companies can pledge dollars toward a certain goal, which will cover the cost of the work? Is there someone at GHC HQ who could provide

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-23 Thread Karel Gardas
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, but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. Is anyone else interested in JVM-based Haskell targets? Hello, certainly I am.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-23 Thread John A. De Goes
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

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-23 Thread Jeff Heard
This is great news! I'd love to be able to write our cellphone automated vehicle location clients in Haskell. -- Jeff On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Don Stewartd...@galois.com wrote: If you're doing it in Haskell, please feel free to keep plugging. A new market for Haskell apps is highly

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-23 Thread Rick R
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

RE: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-23 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
to distribute upgrades etc, just as a Cabal package. Simon From: haskell-cafe-boun...@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-cafe-boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Rick R Sent: 23 June 2009 14:53 To: Haskell Cafe Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone There seems to be quite a bit more interest now

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-23 Thread John A. De Goes
[mailto:haskell-cafe-boun...@haskell.org ] On Behalf Of Rick R Sent: 23 June 2009 14:53 To: Haskell Cafe Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone 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

[Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-22 Thread Ryan Trinkle
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

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-22 Thread Jason Dagit
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:30 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

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-22 Thread Ryan Trinkle
Jason, iPwn is currently in pre-production for its first title, which will be an action-RPG reminiscent of Diablo and Fallout. I'll try to keep the shameless plugging on Haskell-cafe to a minimum, but I make no promises :P I will definitely let people know when our website is put together in

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-22 Thread Don Stewart
If you're doing it in Haskell, please feel free to keep plugging. A new market for Haskell apps is highly welcome. ryant5000: Jason, iPwn is currently in pre-production for its first title, which will be an action-RPG reminiscent of Diablo and Fallout. I'll try to keep the shameless

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-22 Thread Daniel Peebles
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 Trinkleryant5...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Haskellers, Recently, there's been a groundswell of activity in the Haskell community regarding the Haskell's use in developing

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

2009-06-22 Thread Ryan Trinkle
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, 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