Talk:Haskell/Getting set up
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I disagree with the statement that compiling GHC from source is a bad idea. I do it myself with every new release. What's true is that trying to compile GHC from source without already having a working GHC (generally an older version) is a bad idea, though it's theoretically possible (I've never been able to make it work). Once you have a GHC running, compiling a newer version is easy, though it does take forever and chew up an ungodly amount of disk space (almost 1 gigabyte the last time I did it).
[edit] GHCi
The GHCi looks different now. Should I change it? Or wait for one more release? --Uchchwhash (talk) 06:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
- Sure, go ahead :-) -- apfeλmus 16:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Some "next/prev" links would be useful on this page.