A few Questions ...

[Peter Tanski]

On Nov 14, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:

> Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 12:09:43 PM, Simon Marlow wrote:
>> Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
>>> only library dependencies matter. we can run any external tools   
>>> during
>>> compiling process, be it compiled by msvc, mingw or even cygwin
>>
>> You two are talking about different things, I think.
>
> ... what we
> want (at least _i_ want) is to compile to VC-compatible obj files, so
> that they can be mixed with code compiled by MS compilers

That is an excellent user-level goal.

>> Yes we want a GHC install that doesn't include any of the mingw  
>> tools, this is
>> the whole point. ...

This is a laudable GHC-development goal.

> and the same applies to the *using* GHC. i don't see any problems with
> using tools of any sort as long as they are free and don't force any
> license for the compiled code

I agree, as a user.  Remember that if GHC met its development goal it  
would fulfil the user-level goal as well.  As a practical matter,  
with the development goal there would also be fewer dependencies,  
fewer things to break and fewer workarounds to support Windows  
compatibility.

Cheers,
Peter Tanski