WinHugs beta

[Ross Paterson]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 02:06:37PM +0100, Neil Mitchell wrote:
> I've compiled up all the WinHugs goodies, including the new installer,
> into an installable package. Its available at
> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ndm500/temp/WinHugs_2005-10-06.exe
> [17Mb]. If anyone wants to try it out, i'd be greateful to hear any
> feedback! http://www.haskell.org/hawiki/NeilMitchell/HugsNotes lists
> all the things that are "wrong" with it. The only big thing is no
> uninstaller, and since its installation is basically creating a
> directory, thats not so much of a problem (it can be uninstalled by
> hand with the delete key in about 10 seconds).
> 
> Comments, complaints, bug reports all welcome. If you just download it
> and it all works fine I'd still be interested in hearing that.

The installer requires MSVCR71.dll.  I understand that this is available
at no charge with the MVC kit 2003, but that this is only for Win2000
and later.