On 6/06/2011, at 8:11 AM, Chris Smith wrote:
That's interesting... whatever the reason, though, I concur that using Haskell seems much easier on Linux and Windows. I had to abandon a plan to introduce Haskell in a class I taught this past semester because of issues with getting it installed on the Macintosh laptops that some of the students had.
You can always (1) Install VirtualBox -- it's free. (2) Set up an Ubuntu VM inside VirtualBox -- Ubuntu is also free. (3) Install Haskell in Ubuntu. I've done exactly that on the Mac laptop I use. I also have Haskell running under Mac OS with no special problems.
It's very unfortunate that Haskell on Mac requires software which can neither be bundled in the install kit nor downloaded freely from elsewhere.
Note that the price for XCode applies to *XCode*. It's not a price for *GCC*. Having XCode, I was about to download GCC 4.5, build it, and install it in my own ~/local directory. Presumably, having built it, I could have copied it somewhere else.