The York Haskell Compiler (Yhc) is a no longer maintained
open source
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bytecode
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compiler
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for the
functional
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* Movements in architecture:
** Functionalism (architecture)
** Form follows function
* Functional group, combination of atoms within molecules
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programming language
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Programming languages are described in terms of their Syntax (programming languages), syntax (form) and semantics (computer science), semantics (meaning), usually def ...
Haskell
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; it primarily targets the Haskell '98 standard. It is one of the four main Haskell compilers (behind
GHC,
Hugs and
nhc98).
Yhc is based on the
nhc98 Haskell compiler, and is intended eventually to be a more
portable
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General
* Portable building, a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work
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, cleaner, better performing rewrite of nhc98 with more and better features.
In particular, Yhc features integrated support fo
Hat the Haskell tracer. The Yhc project uses
Darcs
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for
version control
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. It was originally developed at the Department of Computer Science at the
University of York
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in the UK.
References
External links
Yhc page on the haskell.org wikiYhc home page
Free and open source compilers
Free Haskell implementations
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