RE: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell -> .NET

I think Sigbjorn's binding (http://haskell.forkio.com/dotnet/ http://haskell.forkio.com/dotnet/ as linked below) is the most complete and likely to work, but it's still just a binding not a compiler backend. ________________________________ From: haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Podwysocki Sent: 16 September 2009 15:25 To: Peter Verswyvelen Cc: haskell-cafe@haskell.org Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell -> .NET There was in fact another attempt as well, Salsa: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Salsa This showed quite a bit of promise but unfortunately was not more than just an experiment. Matt On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Peter Verswyvelen wrote: Yes, but interop only touches the surface of what is possible. When a Haskell compiler could create IL code, it would be possible to use the generated code inside a sandbox, e.g. to be used on the web as loadable Silverlight code. Of course the same could be said about other virtual machines, such as Flash or Java, but I don't know about the tail call issue here. I guess for now F# would be the best option, but it would be awesome if Haskell compilers could have more backends. I realize this is a very big undertaking, and has been mentioned before, but it doesn't hurt to refresh the cache lines once in a while, so maybe some bright student picks this up and hacks together something cool during the summer :) On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Paul Sujkov wrote: > Hi Peter, > > it seems that this question has been already raised before: > > http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2005-January/008244.html > > and there are some .Net interop implementations on the net (it is a question > how mature they are, however): > > http://php.cin.ufpe.br/~haskell/haskelldotnet/ http://php.cin.ufpe.br/%7Ehaskell/haskelldotnet/ > http://haskell.forkio.com/dotnet/ > > 2009/9/16 Peter Verswyvelen >> >> I heard that compiling Haskell to Java is not obvious since tail calls >> are not supported. >> >> .NET's intermediate language (IL) does support tail calls, however it >> is currently slower than regular calls, and is not always supported by >> all JITs. >> >> But given that F# will soon be officially released, I hope that >> eventually tail calls will work as expected, and fast >> >> See e.g. >> http://blogs.msdn.com/clrcodegeneration/archive/2009/05/11/tail-call-imp rovements-in-net-framework-4.aspx >> >> So, might it be worth considering a .NET backend for a Haskell compiler? >> >> Peter Verswyvelen >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > > -- > Regards, Paul Sujkov > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe =============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ===============================================================================