On 27 July 2011 13:55, Tom Murphy
This may sound ignorant because, well, it is ignorant: I know very little about the underlying mechanics here.
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.
Is there a way to install HP without XCode? Could there be in the future? I'm tired of dealing with Apple's constant upgrade requirements, registration requirements, etc., and 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. -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com