Gofer 2.30a binary executable won't run on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Since "HUGS" stands for "Haskell User's Gofer System" (see http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/Hugs for a reference), and HUGS is a later version of Gofer, I am sending this inquiry about a problem in installing Gofer to this mailing list. I managed to get Gofer 2.28 (see "some haskell FAQ info (occasional posting, long" (http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/haskell-1990-2006/msg00936.html) for download information) installed on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, but when I downloaded Gofer 2.30a and tried to run bcgofer.exe (either by executing it from the Command Prompt, or by double-clicking it in the GUI) (there is no GOFER.EXE file in that version), the program quit immediately. The same thing happened when I tried to run bcgofc.exe. I was unable to follow instructions in the README.PC file for Gofer 2.30a because that file refers to a non-existent "GOFER.EXE" file. How can I move a file that doesn't exist to the C:\Gofer directory? The bundled documentation for Gofer 2.30a seems outdated. In addition, I tried installing the binary executables in 386gofer, but with the same results as with Gofer 2.30a; i.e., when I tried to invoke GOFER.EXE, a Command Prompt window appeared for a fraction of a second, then disappeared. The user and system environmental variables are both set correctly; viz: EDITLINE: C:\bin\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe +%d %s EDITOR: C:\bin\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe GO32: emu c:\DJGPP\EMU387\emu387 GO32TMP: C:\TMP GOPHER: C:\GOFER\standard.prelude Path: C:\Gofer;<existing path> I was able to get Gofer 2.28 to run without needing to compile anything. Do I need to compile something to run Gofer 2.30a? It seems strange that I can get Gofer 2.28 to work, but not Gofer 2.30; what could be wrong? I am currently reading the paper "Functional Programming," by Jeroen Fokker and the Department of Computer Science of Utrecht University (http://people.cs.uu.nl/jeroen/courses/fp-eng.pdf), which uses Gofer. If you could please tell me what I need to do to get Gofer 2.30a to work properly, I would appreciate it very much. Benjamin L. Russell
Hi Benjamin,
Gofer is kind of dead, I'd recommend instead installing WinHugs, and
following one of the many Haskell tutorials out there.
Thanks
Neil
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Benjamin L. Russell
Since "HUGS" stands for "Haskell User's Gofer System" (see http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/Hugs for a reference), and HUGS is a later version of Gofer, I am sending this inquiry about a problem in installing Gofer to this mailing list.
I managed to get Gofer 2.28 (see "some haskell FAQ info (occasional posting, long" (http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/haskell-1990-2006/msg00936.html) for download information) installed on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, but when I downloaded Gofer 2.30a and tried to run bcgofer.exe (either by executing it from the Command Prompt, or by double-clicking it in the GUI) (there is no GOFER.EXE file in that version), the program quit immediately. The same thing happened when I tried to run bcgofc.exe.
I was unable to follow instructions in the README.PC file for Gofer 2.30a because that file refers to a non-existent "GOFER.EXE" file. How can I move a file that doesn't exist to the C:\Gofer directory? The bundled documentation for Gofer 2.30a seems outdated.
In addition, I tried installing the binary executables in 386gofer, but with the same results as with Gofer 2.30a; i.e., when I tried to invoke GOFER.EXE, a Command Prompt window appeared for a fraction of a second, then disappeared.
The user and system environmental variables are both set correctly; viz:
EDITLINE: C:\bin\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe +%d %s EDITOR: C:\bin\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe GO32: emu c:\DJGPP\EMU387\emu387 GO32TMP: C:\TMP GOPHER: C:\GOFER\standard.prelude Path: C:\Gofer;<existing path>
I was able to get Gofer 2.28 to run without needing to compile anything. Do I need to compile something to run Gofer 2.30a?
It seems strange that I can get Gofer 2.28 to work, but not Gofer 2.30; what could be wrong?
I am currently reading the paper "Functional Programming," by Jeroen Fokker and the Department of Computer Science of Utrecht University (http://people.cs.uu.nl/jeroen/courses/fp-eng.pdf), which uses Gofer. If you could please tell me what I need to do to get Gofer 2.30a to work properly, I would appreciate it very much.
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