Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell on the iPhone

There seems to be quite a bit more interest now in supporting platforms other than win/*nix on x86 these days*. Maybe now there will be sufficient motivation to make the fundamental changes required. Caveat: I have absolutely no idea of the scope or complexity of said changes. I will look through the LambdaVM code (and iPwn when available) to get an idea. Perhaps we can devote a section of Haskell Wiki to generalizing Haskell for multiple targets? The industry has been clamoring for a unified solution to all of the mobile platforms out there. If Haskell can provide that, it would be a huge win for its popularity. * Thanks primarily to the iPhone and Android systems. I think currently iPhone is swaying the most votes but Android is due to be on a dozen phones and possibly even a netbook. (I have heard two announcements and one cancellation with regards to the netbooks). On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:34 AM, John A. De Goes wrote:

I have strong interest in Haskell on the JVM. Not for Android, however.

Seems like every time this topic comes up, the consensus is that it's not easy to support new targets with GHC, but that "work is underway" to make such developments easier.

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On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Ryan Trinkle wrote:

Rick,

I know some work has been done on JVM - iirc, Don Stewart did some work back in the day, www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pls/thesis/dons-thesis.ps.gzhttp://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/%7Epls/thesis/dons-thesis.ps.gz, but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is.

Is anyone else interested in JVM-based Haskell targets?

Ryan

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 20:42, Rick R wrote:

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This is definitely good news!

So... who's doing the Android/JVM target? ;)

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Daniel Peebles wrote:

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How exciting! I fully support the creation of a new mailing list about iphone+haskell :)

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Dear Haskellers,

Recently, there's been a groundswell of activity in the Haskell community regarding the Haskell's use in developing iPhone games. The iPhone is a powerful, innovative platform (with a great monetization scheme, to boot), and it's not surprising that many of us would want to develop apps for it in our favorite language.

I am proud to announce today that my company, iPwn Studios Inc., is currently preparing to release an open source patch to GHC that allows it to output binaries for iPhone OS. The patch will be released under a BSD license as soon as possible and hopefully integrated into the GHC

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in the near future. As the first (to my knowledge) Haskell-based game studio, iPwn Studios is committed to giving back to the Haskell community through open source - contributing to a rising tide that lifts us all.

I would like to take this opportunity to propose the creation of a haskell-iphone mailing list, so that all Haskellers working with the iPhone - whether for profit or for pleasure - can come together to make Haskell a force to be reckoned with in the burgeoning iPhone App marketplace.

Best wishes, Ryan Trinkle President, iPwn Studios Inc.

P.S.: If you wish to be involved in the preparation of the GHC patch or in the creation of iPwn Studios' first game, don't hesitate to contact me by email (ryant5000@gmail.com), AIM (RyanT5000), or IRC (RyanT5000 on irc.freenode.net).

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