The GHC compiler is written in Haskell, which is the reference implementation.
Patrick Stewart Wrote: > Russel Winder Wrote: > > | CPython is written in C but PyPy is written in RPython (*). PyPy is > | about 5 times faster than CPython on most of the performance benchmarks > | CPython has. > > CPython is the main implementation and first Python that cameo out. It is > still bleeding edge. I think that counts as a big win for C. > > | Wasn't the latest Perl initially written in Haskell? > > And Haskell in C? > > Besides, any compiler capable of bootstrapping itself has to be written in > some other language at the beginning. > > It just makes me laugh when I see statement written from people using > language Y, whose implementation (or even worse - whose interpreter or VM) is > written in language X: > "Y is faster than X!" or "X is crap and outdated!". It is just a load of BS.
