[Haskell-cafe] Re: Wikipedia on first-class object

[Cristian Baboi]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:18:33 +0200, ChrisK <haskell at list.mightyreason.com>  
wrote:

> This thread is obviously a source of much fun.  I will play too.

Well, it starts with Wikipedia ... :-)

>>
>> What is the definition of an entry point in Haskell ?

> "Haskell" does not have such a concept.  At all.  An implementation may  
> have
> such a concept.

Then a Haskell module know nothing about them.

> Most people on this list define "Haskell" as any attempt at an  
> implementation of
> one of the standards which define Haskell, most recently the Hakell 98  
> standard.

> This can be nhc / yhc / ghc / hugs / winhugs / helium / jhc.  Some of  
> these
> compile to native code, some compile to byte code for a virtual  
> machine.  If an
> implementation can compile separately, then it might support dynamic  
> libraries.
>  If so then a specific version of that compiler will define its own
> implementation specific concept of an entry point.

How can one make portable dynamic libraries then ?

>> What is the semantics of those entry points ?

> It depends.  For recent ghc versions, see its user manual:
> http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ffi-ghc.html#ffi-library
> http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/win32-dlls.html

The conclusion:

Portable Haskell Dynamic libraries does not exists.