[darcs-users] C code

[Jan Scheffczyk]

> > Can ghc compile haskell to portable C? If yes, I think it would
> > be a very good idea to provide a tarball containing the C sources
> > of the latest darcs version on the webpage. This way people with
> > unusual architectures can install darcs without having to install
> > ghc.

AFAIK ghc can compile via C, so one could try to keep the intermediate 
C files:

	ghc -c -fvia-C -keep-hc-files file.lhs

I'm, however, not sure whether how the C code looks like and whether 
it is portable...

You can get further info from the ghc manual:

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/separate-compilation.html#KEEPING-INTERMEDIATES

Cheers,
Jan