[Haskell-cafe] Re: GHC predictability

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 May 14, at 14:23, Andrew Coppin wrote:

> Neil Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>> 1. What is "ghc-core"?
>>
>> You actually answer this question as part of question 2. Think of it
>> as simple Haskell with some additional bits.
>
> I rephrase: I know what GHC's Core language is. But Dons said "I  
> suggest you install ghc-core", which suggests the existence of an  
> item of software named "ghc-core". This I know nothing about...

Any time someone mentions something that sounds like a Haskell  
package, http://hackage.haskell.org is your friend.

And there I find, in the Development category:

> ghc-core program: Display GHC's core and assembly output in a pager


IIRC it's just a prettyprinter/colorizer to make it easier to follow  
and understand GHC Core.

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