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
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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