On 7/27/11, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Installing the Haskell Platform currently requires XCode developer tools. >> >> To get XCode on my 10.6 machine, I... > > My understanding is that it's about $5 (though I seem to recall > hearing that they recently made it free), but I don't use OSX so I > can't really help you. >
The choices Apple's given me are OS X 10.7 ($30), or Developer Account ($99/1 year). I don't see XCode available for sale without one of these two. >> Is there a way to install HP without XCode? Could there be in the >> future? [...] it seems like a >> small function that XCode actually performs in the Haskell development >> "toolchain." > > A C compiler (specifically gcc; not sure if anyone has tried GHC with > clang yet). Whilst GHC doesn't need to go via C any more, the Haskell > Platform does come with some libraries that have a C component; GHC is > also partly written in C (for the RTS if memory serves) though that > shouldn't be a factor here as you're getting a binary. > If this is the case, couldn't the HP use gcc instead? I'd personally advocate gcc as standard, not as a workaround, because a) gcc is FOSS. b) XCode is 4GB and its functionality is basically orthogonal to the needs of Haskell developers. Thanks for your time, Tom _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
