There is no C-- backend for GHC (search the mailing list and you'll see Simon asking someone to try to do this :P). GHC either generates code by itself, or generates normal C code (with -fvia-c or -O2, iirc) and then uses GCC to compile this. On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Graham Klyne wrote:

In an exchange of ideas with a friend, this question arose:

[[ I've been looking at GHC, and it looks like it has generates machine code directly rather than via C--. I know that Simon Peyton Jones (famous in the Haskell world) is one of the authors of C--, but I can find no direct connection between this and GHC or Haskell. Have you any idea where I might find this connection? ]]

In my discussion with him, I had assumed that GHC generates code via C-- and a version of the GCC compiler (why else is GCC part of the GHC installation?). Can anyone shed any light or pointers?

Thanks.

#g

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