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@jrockway GHC is not just Haskell. The runtime is written in C and C--. C has its place. Anything close to the machine metal and bootstrapping code could and
by Locke1689 17y ago
@jrockway
GHC is not just Haskell. The runtime is written in C and C--.
C has its place. Anything close to the machine metal and bootstrapping code could and should be written in C. Don't confuse "all programs" with "all programs I like to write."