WxHaskell explained

wxHaskell is a portable and native graphical user interface (GUI) library for the programming language Haskell, built on wxWidgets. It is often used by those wanting to develop a GUI with a functional programming language.^[1]

Applications

High-level GUI libraries built on wxHaskell

wxHaskell is a middle-level GUI library.^[2] Several experimental high-level GUI library approaches are implemented on wxHaskell:

• Reactive-banana
• FunctionalForms
• wxFruit
• Phooey

In contrast, the high-level GUI libraries FG and Grapefruit are implemented on the middle-level Gtk2Hs, which is based on GTK2.

All of these high-level libraries are experimental, using advanced mathematics concepts in their approach (see arrows in functional programming).

External links

• • The 2004 ICFP Programming Contest. The winning entry by the team Dunkosmiloolump was written in Haskell and wxHaskell.
• wxHaskell, A Portable and Concise GUI Library for Haskell

Notes and References

1. Book: Leijen, Daan . Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Haskell . WxHaskell: A portable and concise GUI library for haskell . September 22, 2004 . 57–68 . 10.1145/1017472.1017483. 1-58113-850-4 .
2. Haskell wiki: Libraries and tools/GUI libraries