Re: How accessible is a dynamically-linked ghc?

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 02:42:27PM -0500, Nicolas Frisby wrote:

1) How much effort does it take for a user to install a dynamically-linked ghc executable on Tier 1 platforms? Just download the source and set DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS=YES?

From 7.8, the plan is for this to be the default on platforms that support it.

2) Are the major GHC distributors planning on distributing dynamically-linked ghc by default? GHC HQ, Haskell Platform, http://www.haskell.org/ghc/distribution_packages?

The plan is/was for this to be the only way to support GHCi, but see the discussion on http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8039 Thanks Ian -- Ian Lynagh, Haskell Consultant Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/