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Asked: 2026-06-11T06:41:40+00:00

I love coding in Haskell, but often am on a computer where I cannot

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I love coding in Haskell, but often am on a computer where I cannot install software, and which has some restrictions about what you can run. I would like to write Haskell code and test it while on this computer. Does anyone know of version of Haskell, interpreted or compiled, written in Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, or another interpreted language available in the default install on a Mac? A standalone version of Haskell which can be installed at the user level works too, but compiling Haskell myself is not an option.

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    The GHC binary distributions (the ones that come as tarballs, not installers) all can be installed locally trivially easily.

    ./configure --prefix=$HOME/ghc
make install

    Then update your path to include $HOME/ghc/bin

    If you want cabal, get the tarball from hackage, then untar it and run bootstrap.sh.

    GHC works really well as a local install. In fact, I never use it as a system install.

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