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About Haskell

{{{Haskell is a computer programming language. In particular, it is a polymorphically typed, lazy, purely functional language, quite different from most other programming languages. The language is named for Haskell Brooks Curry, whose work in mathematical logic serves as a foundation for functional languages. Haskell is based on lambda calculus, hence the lambda we use as a logo. }}}

(taken from [http://www.haskell.org])

Language Reference/Standards

• Homepage: http://www.haskell.org

• Haskell98 Report: http://www.haskell.org/definition/

• Tutorial: http://www.haskell.org/tutorial/

Compilers/Interpreters

• [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ ghc]

  • Compiles haskell to c-code and uses gcc to create binaries out of this.
  • conforms to haskell98
  • debian package: ghc6

• [http://www.haskell.org/nhc98/ nhc98]

  • Compiles haskell to small executables that run in small amounts of memory.

  • conforms to haskell98, excepting these [http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/nhc98/98.html deficiences]

• [http://www.haskell.org/hugs/ hugs]

  • Interpreter for haskell
  • conforms to haskell98
  • debian package: hugs

Packaging Haskell

• There is a debian policy for packaging haskell: http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/haskell-policy/haskell-policy.html/index.html

• Mailing list debian-haskell: http://urchin.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/debian-haskell

• TODO: notes about haskell-utils
• TODO: notes about cabal
• TODO: notes about haskell-devscripts

Which MOTU has knowledge?

• SebastianDröge (slomo)

• StefanPotyra (sistpoty)

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