[Haskell-cafe] Why Exotic Languages Are Not Mainstream

[Clifford Beshers]

Nicolas Frisby wrote:
> I would quite appreciate the type info at edit time (especially when
> tracking down errors) but as far as I know VisualStudio is a 100%
> Windows only app (right?). I don't run Windows.
>
> Is there anything similar to VisualHaskell that works in light-weight
> (compared to Studio...) and multi-platform editors? E.g. Emacs or
> Eclipse?
>
Haskell mode in emacs will show you the type of a library function if 
your cursor is on it.

I also use http://haskell.org/hoogle quite a bit and I keep meaning to 
install the lambda bot locally on my machine so that I can ask it.