At 11.40 +0000 0-11-14, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
Classic Hugs98 will continue to live, and will remain pretty stable. That is to say, it will incorporate bugfixes, but is unlikely to incorporate further experimental extensions. This is a good thing from the point of view of users, providing a reliable base for learning, teaching, and developing programs in a standardised language.
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.
`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). Hans Aberg