tomahawkins: > A few years ago I attempted to build a Haskell hardware compiler > (Haskell -> Verilog) based on the Yhc frontent. At the time I was > trying to overcome several problems [1] with implementing a hardware > description language as a light eDSL, which convinced me a proper > compiler may be a better approach. Yhc was recommended as a good > starting point since it had a simpler IR compared with GHC -- at least > at the time. > > I am considering restarting this effort, but this time to target hard > realtime embedded code. What is the recommended compiler to start > from? I need an IR that is post type checking with as much desugaring > as possible, and a code base that is relatively easy to splice and > build. > > My other requirement is not to be bound to IO () for 'main'. The top > level will be a monad, but with different semantics than IO. I would > also like to reuse the standard library, with exception to the values > related to IO. > > What are my options?
Have you looked at Clash, the GHC to VHDL compiler? _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe