Mac OS users - what arch?

[David Christiansen]

Hi folks,

I've just gotten ahold of a Mac to test my Idris work on. This should
cut down on cross-platform build issues, and I'll get Windows set up
too.

But it seems that some of you run 32-bit, and some 64-bit Haskell.
This has a bit impact on what I need to test for various reasons.
Could Mac users please let me know (in a mail to me, rather than the
list for reasons of traffic):

1. 32 or 64 bit Haskell Platform?

2. 32 or 64 bit or universal binary MacPorts / homebrew?

That will be helpful for me so I can see what test setups I need.

Thanks in advance!

/David

[David Christiansen]

Hi folks,

I previously mailed the list asking Mac users to tell me the following:

> 1. 32 or 64 bit Haskell Platform?
>
> 2. 32 or 64 bit or universal binary MacPorts / homebrew?

Just in case anyone else is interested, I learned that Mac Idris users
are a highly diverse bunch. Some run Haskell Platform, some have
manually-installed GHC and Cabal. Some have 64-bit everything, and
some have 64-bit libraries and 32-bit GHC. Nobody has universal
binaries in their libraries.

As such, we can't really rely on being able to dynamically link to
Idris' dependencies or RTS from a running interpreter, so I've
implemented the executor in another way.

Thanks to all of you who responded! It was very helpful!

/David