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Distribution of Haskell with batteries included
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GHCI won`t start #273

Closed ghost closed 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

I am a freshman at college studying Computer Science ant my professr told me i could download haskell to practice at home. I did it but every time when i star GHCI an error pops up:

The procedure entry point_wsplitpath_s could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll I really dont know what to do because i dont understand a lot. If someone one can help me i would really appreciate it.

gbaz commented 7 years ago

What version of windows are you running? msvcrt.dll is a windows system file. It only provides that procedure entry point (needed by ghc) in Windows 7 and above...

ghost commented 7 years ago

Im currently using windows xp, is that the problem?. If so can i download an older version of Haskell so it would work on XP?

gbaz commented 7 years ago

Yes, for very basic development (like school asssignments) on Windows XP, the haskell platform 7.10 or prior should suffice. For installation of the latest versions of common libraries (such as time) even using HP 7.10, you'll want a newer windows.

ghost commented 7 years ago

Thanks a lot.