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Sounds quite interesting. Do you have a write up about this anywhere? Is the gain rom Haskell worth the impedance mismatch of cross communication?

by Dn_Ab 14y ago

danieldk 14y ago
Do you have a write up about this anywhere? I used the following references: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.4.1/html/users_guide/ffi-ghc.html http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.4.1/html/users_guide/ffi-g... http://weblog.haskell.cz/pivnik/building-a-shared-library-in-haskell/ http://weblog.haskell.cz/pivnik/building-a-shared-library-in... I have just put up a small-ish example using my approx-rand-test package (which implements approximate randomization tests): https://github.com/danieldk/haskell-library-example/ https://github.com/danieldk/haskell-library-example/ Is the gain rom Haskell worth the impedance mismatch of cross communication? I guess it depends on how much you love Haskell ;), and the usage scenario. I think using Haskell's FFI in this direction is especially attractive if you prefer to write most code in Haskell, but need some functionality that does not map naturally to a pure functional language (such as GUIs in Cocoa). If you want to mix a lot of imperative and functional code seamlessly, F#/C# or Scala/Java are probably better options.
- Dn_Ab 14y ago
  Thanks what's the size like? The last time I built a Haskell application it was quite large. This is more of an issue for mobile apps. FWIW I've done Scala/Java+Android and WP7+C#/F#, interestingly Wp7 is by far the easiest mobile to get a good functional language running on.
  - danieldk 14y ago
    Thanks what's the size like? The last time I built a Haskell application it was quite large. 4969KB with the runtime and package dependencies linked in the dynamic library (Darwin, 64-bit). Since I do not have dynamic libraries of its dependencies installed, I cannot quickly try a completely dynamic version... interestingly Wp7 is by far the easiest mobile to get a good functional language running on. I purchased a Windows Phone last week (iOS user here) to see how it works, and I am surprised how good the integration is.

Sounds quite interesting. Do you have a write up about this anywhere? Is the gain rom Haskell worth the impedance mismatch of cross communication?

by Dn_Ab 14y ago

Sounds quite interesting. Do you have a write up about this anywhere? Is the gain rom Haskell worth the impedance mismatch of cross communication?

danieldk 14y ago

Do you have a write up about this anywhere? I used the following references: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.4.1/html/users_guide/ffi-ghc.html http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.4.1/html/users_guide/ffi-g... http://weblog.haskell.cz/pivnik/building-a-shared-library-in-haskell/ http://weblog.haskell.cz/pivnik/building-a-shared-library-in... I have just put up a small-ish example using my approx-rand-test package (which implements approximate randomization tests): https://github.com/danieldk/haskell-library-example/ https://github.com/danieldk/haskell-library-example/ Is the gain rom Haskell worth the impedance mismatch of cross communication? I guess it depends on how much you love Haskell ;), and the usage scenario. I think using Haskell's FFI in this direction is especially attractive if you prefer to write most code in Haskell, but need some functionality that does not map naturally to a pure functional language (such as GUIs in Cocoa). If you want to mix a lot of imperative and functional code seamlessly, F#/C# or Scala/Java are probably better options.

Dn_Ab 14y ago
Thanks what's the size like? The last time I built a Haskell application it was quite large. This is more of an issue for mobile apps. FWIW I've done Scala/Java+Android and WP7+C#/F#, interestingly Wp7 is by far the easiest mobile to get a good functional language running on.
- danieldk 14y ago
  Thanks what's the size like? The last time I built a Haskell application it was quite large. 4969KB with the runtime and package dependencies linked in the dynamic library (Darwin, 64-bit). Since I do not have dynamic libraries of its dependencies installed, I cannot quickly try a completely dynamic version... interestingly Wp7 is by far the easiest mobile to get a good functional language running on. I purchased a Windows Phone last week (iOS user here) to see how it works, and I am surprised how good the integration is.