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GHC Status Report - Haskell Compiler Updates and Improvements

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Explore the latest developments in the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) through this comprehensive status report presented at the Haskell Implementors' Workshop 2023. Delve into a wide range of topics, including compiler improvements, quality of life enhancements, Web Assembly support, and advancements in dependent types. Learn about the progress made in parallelism, linear types, and heap profiling. Gain insights into the ongoing work on the IO Manager, error codes, and the Concat Map Optimization. Discover the groundwork being laid for future developments and understand the role of the Haskell Foundation in supporting GHC's evolution. This talk, delivered by Simon Peyton Jones and Ben Gamari, provides a thorough overview of GHC's current state and future directions, making it essential viewing for Haskell developers and enthusiasts alike.

Syllabus

Introduction
Compiler Roundup
Quality of Life Improvement
Web Assembly
Comp Runtime
Error Codes
Concat Map Optimization
Dependent Types
Parallelism
StSt
Groundwork
Fork the tree
Heap profiling
IO Manager
Linear Types
Other
Hol Foundation

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ACM SIGPLAN

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