[Fwd: [Haskell-cafe] Fun with Cabal on Windows! [Stream fusion for Hackage]]

[J. Garrett Morris]

> Reproduced on mine too, I think I always have added that to the PATH as well.

Same here, I've also always had to add gcc-lib to the PATH.

> --------- MINOR RANT -----------
>
> > Well, no, this is Windoze, we don't have ld here...
>
> Calling Microsoft Windows (TM) "Windoze" is a bad idea. Microsoft pay
> for a good proportion of Haskell development, and hence showing them
> at least basic politness seems only fair. It may seem cool to people
> who dislike Windows, but in most cases, you are specifically asking
> for the help of a Windows user, who kind of gets instantly disinclined
> to help as soon as you suggest they (or their operating system of
> choice) is "dozy". It's the same number of keys, and abbreviating it
> to Win would be perfectly acceptable too!

+1

 /g

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