On 28 Dec 2007, at 12:08 PM, Cristian Baboi wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:18:33 +0200, ChrisK
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This thread is obviously a source of much fun. I will play too.
Well, it starts with Wikipedia ... :-)
What is the definition of an entry point in Haskell ?
"Haskell" does not have such a concept. At all. An
implementation may have
such a concept.
Then a Haskell module know nothing about them.
Most people on this list define "Haskell" as any attempt at an
implementation of
one of the standards which define Haskell, most recently the
Hakell 98 standard.
This can be nhc / yhc / ghc / hugs / winhugs / helium / jhc. Some
of these
compile to native code, some compile to byte code for a virtual
machine. If an
implementation can compile separately, then it might support
dynamic libraries.
If so then a specific version of that compiler will define its own
implementation specific concept of an entry point.
How can one make portable dynamic libraries then ?
If by portable you mean, works on /both/ OSs, then GHC-specific
should be portable enough for you...
jcc
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