Re: Re[2]: [Haskell-cafe] Wikipedia on first-class object

On 28 Dec 2007, at 1:15 AM, Cristian Baboi wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:39:25 +0200, Jonathan Cast wrote:

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Haskell is not a computer programming language; Haskell implementations are not required to run on computers. Haskell is a formal notation for computation (completely unrelated to the Von Neuman machine sitting on your desk). It can be implemented on Von Neuman machines, because they are still universal Turing machines, but it is /not/ a radical attack on the problem of programming peripherals!

How do you call that "thing" that implement Haskell ?

Usually I call it a compiler for a computer. That's a fact about economics, not about Haskell. jcc