On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:35:01PM +0100, Luca Ciciriello wrote:
Hi all. I've recently changed my home machine (MacOS X 10.5.8 intel) and I've installed the GHC 6.10.4 using the pakage: GHC-6.10.4-i386.pkg. All works fine and I can continue all my research projects on my new machine.
Then I've noticed that exists another kind of installation using the package: haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2-i386.dmg.
What diferences exists between these two pakages? Am I missing something using the first pakage instead using the dmg distribution?
GHC is just a Haskell compiler. The Haskell Platform includes GHC, but also a collection of "blessed" libraries and tools. See hackage.haskell.org/platform/ You probably want to be using the platform unless you have a specific reason to not want all the library and tool goodness that comes bundled with it. -Brent