Tony Morris

Right but I wouldn't have figured it out, my point is that beginners are deterred easily; I couldn't initially figure it out.

I've been teaching beginners for * years. I'm certain stack has never helped anyone. It's easy to make the mistake of believing otherwise.

I find that hard to believe. Almost everyone I’ve introduced to #Haskell has been through stack. I’m not aware of any friendlier alternative

The absence of stack is an improvement, especially for beginners. The poor beginner who I am helping right now agrees. And hundreds before.

stack lets you easily install Haskell software on common operating systems. It's the most reliable easy way to do it. That's quite a useful trait! There are more reliable ways, but they're harder so deter most beginners.

nah

yeah nah

example: "brew install stack && stack setup && stack install" works on various mac machines I used it on to install my packages. is there anything nearly as easy as this?