Advice on what to install

Chris Saunders

28 Dec 2009 28 Dec '09

2:58 p.m.

I noticed the availability of Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2 and did install this and when I run GHCi it says that its version is 6.10.4. Now on the GHC site I notice that the current version is 6.12. Should I have installed this more recent version or stick with what I have? Warning: many more dumb questions to come from this guy. Regards Chris Saunders

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Thomas Hühn

28 Dec 28 Dec

3:02 p.m.

"Chris Saunders" writes:

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I noticed the availability of Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2 and did install this and when I run GHCi it says that its version is 6.10.4. Now on the GHC site I notice that the current version is 6.12. Should I have installed this more recent version or stick with what I have? Warning: many more dumb questions to come from this guy.

Stick with the Haskell Platform. But if you don't and you actually manage to get not only GHC, but also cabal-install (including all prerequisites) running on Windows without much prior knowledge, make sure to write it up and tell me how to do it. Thomas

Chris Saunders

3:44 p.m.

All the advice I received suggests that I stick with the Haskell Platform so I don't think I will attempt to install GHC 6.12 or cabal. I actually don't even really know what the Haskell Platform is - perhaps you could shed some light? Regards Chris Saunders ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Hühn" To: Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:02 PM Subject: [Haskell-beginners] Re: Advice on what to install

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"Chris Saunders" writes:

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I noticed the availability of Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2 and did install this and when I run GHCi it says that its version is 6.10.4. Now on the GHC site I notice that the current version is 6.12. Should I have installed this more recent version or stick with what I have? Warning: many more dumb questions to come from this guy.

Stick with the Haskell Platform.

But if you don't and you actually manage to get not only GHC, but also cabal-install (including all prerequisites) running on Windows without much prior knowledge, make sure to write it up and tell me how to do it.

Thomas

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Brent Yorgey

7:54 p.m.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 03:44:31PM -0500, Chris Saunders wrote:

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All the advice I received suggests that I stick with the Haskell Platform so I don't think I will attempt to install GHC 6.12 or cabal. I actually don't even really know what the Haskell Platform is - perhaps you could shed some light?

The Haskell Platform is a compiler along with a blessed set of standard libraries and tools (e.g. cabal-install) which are stable and have all been tested to work together---all with a convenient one-step downloader/installer. If you didn't use the Platform then you'd have to install all of these things yourself, separately. -Brent

Erlend Hamberg

3:04 p.m.

On Monday 28. December 2009 20.58.39 Chris Saunders wrote:

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Now on the GHC site I notice that the current version is 6.12. Should I have installed this more recent version or stick with what I have?

Stick with what you have. A new version of the Haskell Platform based on the new GHC version won't be out for some time. Welcome! :) -- Erlend Hamberg "Everything will be ok in the end. If its not ok, its not the end." GPG/PGP: 0xAD3BCF19 45C3 E2E7 86CA ADB7 8DAD 51E7 3A1A F085 AD3B CF19

Stephen Blackheath [to Haskell-Beginners]

3:09 p.m.

Chris, Whatever ships with the platform is usually best. ghc-6.10 is very stable, but ghc-6.12 has only just been released and so some libraries on hackage don't work with it yet. So, 6.10.4 is the best version to use at the moment. Welcome to the list - please ask away, and I hope you have fun learning Haskell! Steve Chris Saunders wrote:

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I noticed the availability of Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2 and did install this and when I run GHCi it says that its version is 6.10.4. Now on the GHC site I notice that the current version is 6.12. Should I have installed this more recent version or stick with what I have? Warning: many more dumb questions to come from this guy.

Regards Chris Saunders

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