Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell Platform

Re the primary school kids using Haskell, that is amazing Harendra. Well done. I wonder what Alan Kay and his team would think - Haskell is the new Smalltalk! On 24 Aug 2017 11:27 am, "Harendra Kumar" wrote: Hi Stuart, I am not sure if there is a unanimous preferred way of installing Haskell. I guess the answer depends on who you ask. My preferred choice is "stack". I am no university prof or a school teacher but I do teach Haskell to my 6th grader and 2nd grader kids. I gave them a laptop (Mac OS) and told them how to install "stack" and they did it in a jiffy. They have been using it for several months with no complaints whatsoever. If little kids can do it I guess it should not be a problem for univ students. I have also been using stack myself for my professional work and it resonates well with my own thinking of how a package (and language tools) manager should behave. Additionally the stack team is very responsive if you want to get something fixed. When I started learning Haskell a few years ago I really enjoyed contributing to stack thanks to Michael Sloan's quick responses and encouraging feedback on the PRs. -harendra On 23 August 2017 at 22:16, Stuart A. Kurtz wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

What's the status of the Haskell Platform? Is it still the/a preferred way to install a working Haskell system? What is the update status of the Platform? [I note that the platform is at 8.0.2, whereas GHC is at 8.2.1, so I'm really asking if there's a roadmap/timeline for updates.]

I write because I teach an introductory class in Haskell, and we've long used the Platform as a way to get the system up and running on the student's systems. I'm at a quarter school, but I have to think this is a sharp question for anyone trying to teach a Haskell course at a semester school.

Is the Platform still the best way to do this? Will cabal continue to be a reasonable choice as default package manager?

Thank you for your consideration.

Peace,

Stu

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