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<p>> What other links or resource would be helpful.</p>
<p>On almost the same topic (only the GHC side) I wrote a big
picture note "About units" a few years ago:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/blob/12d3b66cedd3c80e7c1e030238c92d26631cab8d/compiler/GHC/Unit.hs#L23">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/blob/12d3b66cedd3c80e7c1e030238c92d26631cab8d/compiler/GHC/Unit.hs#L23</a></p>
<p>Sylvain<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/07/2024 12:20, Simon Peyton Jones
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Friends</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">You
may remember a <a
href="https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2024-July/021678.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">recent thread on ghc-devs about GHC
and Cabal</a>. In it I say how I feel I lack the "big
picture" of how GHC and Cabal interact, and that my mental
model is probably faulty.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Tom
Ellis took pity on me, and together we wrote <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQEpV3fYz1pHi64KTnlv8gifh9ONQ-jytk5sIHqnV9U/edit?usp=sharing"
moz-do-not-send="true">this big-picture overview about how
GHC and Cabal interact</a>. Would you like to:</div>
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<li>Read it as a consumer.</li>
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<li>Does it tell you stuff that is useful?</li>
<li>What else would you like to know?</li>
<li>What is un-clear or missing?</li>
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<li>Read it as an expert.</li>
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<li>Is it accurate?</li>
<li>Are any bits misleading?</li>
<li>Do the links go to appropriate places?</li>
<li>What other links or resource would be helpful.</li>
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<div>It is not intended as a replacement for the GHC user
guide, nor the Cabal user guide; rather it is littered with
links to those guides which give much fuller details.
Rather, it is intended to put you (well, me for one!) in a
position where you can more easily make sense of those
documents.</div>
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<div>We'd love to have your help in improving it.</div>
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<div>Simon<br>
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