Re: Bug#696429: ITP: jhc -- a haskell compiler.

2012-12-21 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Freitag, den 21.12.2012, 08:21 +0900 schrieb Kiwamu Okabe: > Jhs is useful for me, now. > I am trying to rewrite NetBSD bootloader with Haskell. > > [..] Great, just checking :-) Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nome...@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GP

Re: Bug#696429: ITP: jhc -- a haskell compiler.

2012-12-20 Thread Kiwamu Okabe
Hi Joachim, On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Joachim Breitner wrote: > just wondering: Is jhc in a state where it is a useful tool (and not > “just” an interesting and worthwhile research undertaking)? How actively > is it maintained (last commit is 9 month ago)? Jhs is useful for me, now. I am

Re: Bug#696429: ITP: jhc -- a haskell compiler.

2012-12-20 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi Kiwamu, Am Freitag, den 21.12.2012, 02:22 +0900 schrieb Kiwamu Okabe: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Kiwamu Okabe > > * Package name: jhc > Version : 0.8.0~darcs20120314 > Upstream Author : John Meacham > * URL : http://repetae.net/computer/jhc/ >

Re: Bug#696429: ITP: jhc -- a haskell compiler.

2012-12-20 Thread Joey Hess
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Could it be used to bootstrap ghc compilation way more easily? Given the number of extensions used in ghc's own code, many of which jhc does not support, this seems unlikely, at least not without first mechanically converting its code to an intermediate form like Haskell 9

Re: Bug#696429: ITP: jhc -- a haskell compiler.

2012-12-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Kiwamu Okabe, le Fri 21 Dec 2012 02:22:29 +0900, a écrit : > * Package name: jhc > Version : 0.8.0~darcs20120314 > Upstream Author : John Meacham > * URL : http://repetae.net/computer/jhc/ > Vcs-Browser : http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/jh