[Haskell-cafe] Mobile app development?

[Andrew Pennebaker]

Can we un-deprecate GHC's ability to compile to C code? C may be the best
option to bridge to mobile, as Android, iOS, and Windows RT do support
C/C++ apps.
On Jan 22, 2013 2:14 PM, "Dan Choi" <dhchoi at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> What about the option of using Haskell's Parsec or AttoParsec to implement
> a Haskell-ish language that compiles down not to machine code but to
> Objective C or Android Java? Like how CoffeeScript compiles down to
> JavaScript.
>
>
>
> On Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:58:03 PM UTC-5, Casey Hawthorne wrote:
>>
>> You would need native compilers for all the platforms and/or virtual
>> machine technology.
>>
>> Might be easier to have the browser connect to a Haskell app.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Andrew Pennebaker
>> <andrew.p... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > There are currently very few options, especially free and open source
>> > options, when it comes to developing cross-platform mobile
>> applications.
>> > It's basically web apps with JavaScript, or C++. If Haskell supported
>> app
>> > development on Android, iOS, and Windows RT, that alone would bring in
>> more
>> > developers.
>> >
>> > Similarly, there are very few languages for mobile development that
>> take
>> > advantage of multiple cores and multiple CPUs. Haskell's `parmap` is an
>> > amazing selling point. Can we please prioritize mobile support? I'd
>> much
>> > rather write everything in ML than PhoneGap.
>> >
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>> >
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