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

[Jonathan Cast]

On 28 Dec 2007, at 12:08 PM, Cristian Baboi wrote:

> 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 ?

If by portable you mean, works on /both/ OSs, then GHC-specific  
should be portable enough for you...

jcc