Green Card 2.0
A Foreign Function Interface Preprocessor for Haskell
This is the second public release of Green Card, a foreign function
interface pre-processor for Haskell.
* What is it?
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Green Card is a foreign function interface preprocessor for Haskell,
simplifying the task of interfacing Haskell programs to external
libraries.
* What's new in Green Card 2.0 (vs. Green Card 0.9, released April '97)
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- major rewrite to support two new target backends (in addition
to the original GHC one) for Hugs and NHC.
- DIS extensions
- improved error handling & reporting.
- Extended %const syntax.
- New annotation '%safecode'
- New backend which generates stubs compatible with Hugs/GHC
foreign function interface.
- New annotation '%enum'
- Green Card has now got a license.
* More information
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Pointers to downloadable distributions, documentation etc.
is available via the Green Card home page:
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/green-card/
To compile the Green Card sources, you'll need to have a
Haskell98 system, such as Hugs98 or ghc-4.02 (or later).
* Bug reports/feedback
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Please send any bug reports or suggestions for improvements to
the Glasgow Haskell Bugs list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Enjoy!
