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To: Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: How to go about making a compiler port
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From: Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
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Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com> writes:

> So, one solution would be to provide a binary port, say ghc-bin, which would
> install a binary distribution.  I checked the modula-3 port, and it doesn't
> seem to have a binary port, so what's the accepted way of doing this?

lang/mit-scheme works from a distribution that includes source and a
binary. 

lang/modula-3-lib is the "source" port for modula-3, this probably
comes closer to your wishes.

tg


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