On 2008 May 14, at 14:23, Andrew Coppin wrote:
Neil Mitchell wrote:
1. What is "ghc-core"?
You actually answer this question as part of question 2. Think of it as simple Haskell with some additional bits.
I rephrase: I know what GHC's Core language is. But Dons said "I suggest you install ghc-core", which suggests the existence of an item of software named "ghc-core". This I know nothing about...
Any time someone mentions something that sounds like a Haskell package, http://hackage.haskell.org is your friend. And there I find, in the Development category:
ghc-core program: Display GHC's core and assembly output in a pager
IIRC it's just a prettyprinter/colorizer to make it easier to follow and understand GHC Core. -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH