Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by lelf » Tue, May 28, 2013, 6:45 AM UTC

Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0
haskell.org

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by obviouslygreen » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:33 AM UTC

Maybe I'm expecting the wrong thing, but as someone not involved in development with Haskell, this landing page gave me nothing to go on.

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by anthonymonori » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:37 AM UTC

Can somebody elaborate what is this?

Edit: Let me rephrase my question: Is this for someone who would like to start learning Haskell?

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by drstrangevibes » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:40 AM UTC

anthonymonori wrote: post #3

Can somebody elaborate what is this? Edit: Let me rephrase my question: Is this for someone who would like to start learning Haskell?

updates to the haskell platform (notably haskell compiler, haskell interactive interpreter, haskell libraries) release notes (http://www.haskell.org/platform/changelog.html) should give more detail on whats included.

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by tikhonj » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:40 AM UTC

The Haskell platform is the perfect place to start with Haskell--it comes with the compiler, some useful tools (like cabal, Haskell's package manager) and a core set of well-tested and well-supported libraries. If you have been considering Haskell, this is a great time to go for it!

I'm particularly excited by the updated OpenGL and GLUT bindings. Graphics is currently not Haskell's strong suit, but I think this might soon be changing. There has been plenty of work on high-level things like functional reactive programming (FRP), but this isn't all that useful without the low-level libraries for actually drawing to the screen! These updated packages should hopefully make writing graphics programs in Haskell much nicer.

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by adamtulinius » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:40 AM UTC

Changelog: http://www.haskell.org/platform/changelog.html

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by adamtulinius » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:41 AM UTC

anthonymonori wrote: post #3

Can somebody elaborate what is this? Edit: Let me rephrase my question: Is this for someone who would like to start learning Haskell?

> Is this for someone who would like to start learning Haskell?

This is were said somebody goes to download Haskell after having been persuaded to give it a chance.

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by androidb » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:44 AM UTC

anthonymonori wrote: post #3

Can somebody elaborate what is this? Edit: Let me rephrase my question: Is this for someone who would like to start learning Haskell?

See their wiki on what is Haskell and the advantages of functional programming:

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Introduction

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by tome » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:47 AM UTC

obviouslygreen wrote: post #2

Maybe I'm expecting the wrong thing, but as someone not involved in development with Haskell, this landing page gave me nothing to go on.

The link which takes you to the closest thing to an About page is, for some reason, labelled "Problems?".

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell_Platform

Re: Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0

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Post by pjmlp » Tue, May 28, 2013, 7:50 AM UTC

The new documentation format is quite nice!