[Haskell-cafe] Opinion about JHC

[Lennart Augustsson]

If by minority platform you mean platforms that are resource starved,
like some embedded systems, then I would have to agree.

  -- Lennart

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Donn Cave <donn at avvanta.com> wrote:
> Quoth Lennart Augustsson <lennart at augustsson.net>,
>
>> Do you use jhc when you develop jhc?  I.e., does it compile itself.
>> For me, this is the litmus test of when a compiler has become usable.
>> I mean, if even the developers of a compiler don't use it themselves,
>> why should anyone else? :)
>
> Though that's exactly backwards for minority platforms, where the
> compilers that compile themselves tend to be no use whatever.
>
>        Donn Cave, donn at avvanta.com
>
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