> > Don't you need GHC to compile Idris? http://docs.idris-lang.org/en/latest/faq/faq.html#when-will-idris-be-self-hosting
I have the posix version of the rts working on 9front. The default C backend generated code compiled and runs on 9front. I generated the c code on linux though. As a next step, I want to take it further and make the rts and backend work with the 9front native C compiler/linker. I presume that this will help make it easy to FFI with the native C libraries (bio, thread, etc.) and stay closer to the plan 9 libraries' behaviour. > Afaik, there is no Plan 9 port of GHC. And GHC is self hosted. Perhaps > one should approach it by creating a plan 9 binary from another OS and > use that to compile GHC? That is a good idea. Native GHC on 9front seems to be a daunting task as the GHC IO manager's behaviour might not be compatible with the 9front syscall behaviour, imho. But, I have no clue of the GHC internals, so, it might be an easy task. Maybe, ghc can run with the linux-emu package? Thanks
