via-C

[Krzysztof Skrzętnicki]

GHC code still depends on RTS code (written in C by the way) which has to
be ported to a specific platform first. Native code generator offers
'registered' and 'unregistered' builds. The first are aware of specific
register layout of a architecture. You can find more rationale why it has
been removed somewhere on GHC wiki or mailing lists.

I think you might be interested in JHC: http://repetae.net/computer/jhc/

By design it compiles Haskell code to efficient C code which is quite easy
to read and hack further. Cross compilation is supported and easy too. The
compiler is somewhat experimental but can handle quite a few programs.

Best regards,
Krzysztof Skrzętnicki

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 19:48, Serge D. Mechveliani <mechvel at botik.ru> wrote:

> Dear GHC team,
>
> I cannot understand why do you remove the C stage in GHC.
> To my mind: let the result be 3 times slower, but preserve the C code.
> Because it works everyhere, and there is no real need to rewrite
> the same program separately for all the existing processors
> (which number may become, for example, 11000).
> I am naive, and am not a specialist.
> But only an invariant program ever has sense.
>
> Has the modern GHC a sensible compilation result level to be observed
> (documented?) (graph rewriting code, or like this) ?
>
> Regards,
>
> ------
> Sergei
> mechvel at botik.ru
>
>
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