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It does work, it just doesn't compile to 64-bit. GHC doesn't have an awful lot of people working on it, certainly compared to something like GCC. There is no m
by ionfish 17y ago
It does work, it just doesn't compile to 64-bit.
GHC doesn't have an awful lot of people working on it, certainly compared to something like GCC. There is no maintainer for x86_64 on OS X; essentially, those of us without the skill to resolve the issues are just hoping that someone steps up.
This Trac ticket has more details; you can see from the length of the CC list how much interest there is in resolving this. Unfortunately, interest doesn't directly translate into a fix.
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2965 http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2965
- smanek 17y agoIf it can't install off macports, it's broken to most people. SBCL is in the same position. I can (and did) compile/install it manually - but that doesn't change the fact that it's "broken."
- felixmar 17y agoThe situation for 64-bit Windows is similar (http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1884 http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1884). I imagine it will be even more difficult to find someone with extensive low-level Windows and Unix skills to create the Windows port.