WxHaskell explained

wxHaskell
Author:	Jeremy O'Donoghue Eric Kow Francesco Gazzetta
Latest Release Version:	0.92.3
Latest Preview Version:	unnumbered
Programming Language:	C++
Operating System:	GTK, X Window System, macOS, Windows
Platform:	IA-32, x86-64
Language:	English
Genre:	GUI library for Haskell
License:	wxWindows

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 graphical user interface (GUI) with a functional programming language.^[1]

Applications

High-level GUI libraries built on it

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 Arrow (computer science)).

External links

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