GHC transforms Haskell into "Core", which is roughly the second-order lambda calculus, augmented with let(rec), case, and constructors. This is an a small explicitly-typed intermediate language, in contrast to Haskell which is a very large, implicitly typed language. Getting from Haskell to Core is a lot of work, and it might be useful to be able to re-use that work. Andrew's proposal (which he'll post to the Haskell list) will define exactly what "Core" is. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Timothy Docker [mailto:timd@macquarie.com.au] | Sent: 05 February 2001 22:16 | To: haskell-cafe@haskell.org | Subject: Haskell Implemetors Meeting | | | | > We agreed that it would be a Jolly Good Thing if GHC could | > be persuaded to produce GHC-independent Core output, | > ready to feed into some other compiler. For example, | > Karl-Filip might be able to use it. | > ANDREW will write a specification, and implement it. | | A quick question. What is meant by "Core output"? Subsequent posts | seem to suggest this is some "reduced Haskell", in which full Haskell | 98 can be expressed. Am I completely off beam here? | | Tim Docker | | _______________________________________________ | Haskell-Cafe mailing list | Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe |