Re: [Haskell-cafe] XCode Dependency for HP on Mac

On 27 July 2011 14:18, Tom Murphy wrote:

On 7/27/11, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:

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Installing the Haskell Platform currently requires XCode developer tools.

To get XCode on my 10.6 machine, I...

My understanding is that it's about $5 (though I seem to recall hearing that they recently made it free), but I don't use OSX so I can't really help you.

The choices Apple's given me are OS X 10.7 ($30), or Developer Account ($99/1 year). I don't see XCode available for sale without one of these two.

Apparently it's now in the Mac App store: http://developer.apple.com/xcode/

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Is there a way to install HP without XCode? Could there be in the future? [...] it seems like a small function that XCode actually performs in the Haskell development "toolchain."

A C compiler (specifically gcc; not sure if anyone has tried GHC with clang yet).  Whilst GHC doesn't need to go via C any more, the Haskell Platform does come with some libraries that have a C component; GHC is also partly written in C (for the RTS if memory serves) though that shouldn't be a factor here as you're getting a binary.

If this is the case, couldn't the HP use gcc instead? I'd personally advocate gcc as standard, not as a workaround, because a) gcc is FOSS. b) XCode is 4GB and its functionality is basically orthogonal to the needs of Haskell developers.

Yes, but AFAIK to get gcc for OSX you get it from XCode :/ -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com