[GHC] #1232: unix-compatible interpreter needed for ghc

[GHC]

#1232: unix-compatible interpreter needed for ghc
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 Reporter:  Frederik  |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug       |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:         
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.6    
 Severity:  normal    |     Resolution:         
 Keywords:            |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:            |   Architecture:  Unknown
       Os:  Unknown   |  
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Changes (by Frederik):

  * summary:  unix-compatible interpreter needed for ghc (desperately) =>
              unix-compatible interpreter needed for ghc

Comment:

 I said "desperately" but that was of course an exaggeration: Haskell is a
 statically typed language, and most scripting languages are dynamically
 typed. Many other statically typed languages don't have the facility that
 I am asking for here. Furthermore, GHC compilation is rather slow, and why
 would users want that latency with a script?

 But for me, it would still be useful. If I am running a long simulation,
 or a server, then latency is not an issue. And the code may change between
 each run. All of these situations happen frequently.

 Perhaps I am frustrated because it seems to be a case of "so close but yet
 so far". We have 'runghc', but it can't be used for the thing that, to me,
 it is most obvious to use it for...

 Comments are welcome.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1232>
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