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> Why have the bloody Haskell-Platform if you can't keep up with the compiler releases.

The HP doesn't chase the compiler. It is supposed to mean stable 6 monthly dev cycles, independent of what GHC HQ is up to. It is explicitly not about chasing the bleeding edge GHC.

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I wasn't talking about the bleeding edge GHC -- merely the stable releases available to download from the official web-page with both sources and binaries. If that's "bleeding edge", it should clearly be specified as such. Anyway, I don't even use HP -- which leaves cabal-install as the only viable option. And why do I even not want to use the GHC version which is not in HP? Well, surprise-surprise, it turns out that Hackage is more than content to use the "bleeding edge" compiler to build packages and will happily report all the compilation errors (instead of using the usable baseline version included in HP). Well, it's a sore topic to say the least. Anyway, sorry for the offtop, I think we should get back to discussing why would GHC want to become a Python interpreter.

Anyway, sorry for the offtop, I think we should get back to discussing why would GHC want to become a Python interpreter.

Really? You're going to troll dons on Hacker News?

Massive downvote.

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