| >There are already other interpreters for Haskell. `hbi' was the | >first ever Haskell interpreter, and it is a very good system indeed. | | I am curious about this "first ever" wording, because as I recall Hugs has | existed a very long time, originating from the Gofer. I believe `hbi' has been available as long as the `hbc' compiler, since about 1990. Gofer was first written in about 1991, it became widely available in about 1992, then Hugs was first released on 14 February 1995. (Dates from memory + copyright notices.) | >`GHCi' will be a new interpreter, to be released sometime around the | >New Year probably. | | Do you know if this interpreter is thread-safe? -- This will be needed for | use with AppleEvent's under MacOS (binary data that programs can send to | each other). Since GHCi is very tightly bound to GHC, if the latter is thread-safe (which I believe it is), then the former will be also. For a more definitive answer, you would need to ask the GHC team. Regards, Malcolm