Utrecht Haskell Compiler

Utrecht Haskell Compiler: Open-Source Haskell Compiler for High Performance

The Utrecht Haskell Compiler (UHC) is an open-source Haskell compiler that focuses on speed, modular design, and standards compliance. It compiles Haskell code to native machine code for high performance.

What is Utrecht Haskell Compiler?

The Utrecht Haskell Compiler (UHC) is an open-source compiler for the Haskell programming language. Developed at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, UHC aims to be a fast, modular, and standards-compliant implementation of Haskell.

Some key features and goals of UHC include:

• Compiles Haskell source code to native machine code for high performance
• Modular architecture, allowing components to be reused in other projects
• Strict adherence to the Haskell language standards
• Advanced optimization techniques to generate efficient code
• Support for profiling, debugging, and interactive use

Although not as widely used as the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC), UHC fills an important niche as an alternative Haskell implementation focused on speed, simplicity, and standards compliance. It serves as a testbed for new compiler ideas and techniques. UHC continues to be actively developed by a team of researchers at Utrecht University.

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