[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Platform

[mike thomas]

Re the primary school kids using Haskell, that is amazing Harendra.   Well
done.

I wonder what Alan Kay and his team would think - Haskell is the new
Smalltalk!

On 24 Aug 2017 11:27 am, "Harendra Kumar" <harendra.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Stuart,

I am not sure if there is a unanimous preferred way of installing Haskell.
I guess the answer depends on who you ask. My preferred choice is "stack".
I am no university prof or a school teacher but I do teach Haskell to my
6th grader and 2nd grader kids. I gave them a laptop (Mac OS) and told them
how to install "stack" and they did it in a jiffy. They have been using it
for several months with no complaints whatsoever. If little kids can do it
I guess it should not be a problem for univ students.

I have also been using stack myself for my professional work and it
resonates well with my own thinking of how a package (and language tools)
manager should behave. Additionally the stack team is very responsive if
you want to get something fixed. When I started learning Haskell a few
years ago I really enjoyed contributing to stack thanks to Michael Sloan's
quick responses and encouraging feedback on the PRs.

-harendra

On 23 August 2017 at 22:16, Stuart A. Kurtz <stuart at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> What's the status of the Haskell Platform? Is it still the/a preferred way
> to install a working Haskell system? What is the update status of the
> Platform? [I note that the platform is at 8.0.2, whereas GHC is at 8.2.1,
> so I'm really asking if there's a roadmap/timeline for updates.]
>
> I write because I teach an introductory class in Haskell, and we've long
> used the Platform as a way to get the system up and running on the
> student's systems. I'm at a quarter school, but I have to think this is a
> sharp question for anyone trying to teach a Haskell course at a semester
> school.
>
> Is the Platform still the best way to do this? Will cabal continue to be a
> reasonable choice as default package manager?
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> Peace,
>
> Stu
>
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