Cabal Specification Drafted
Malcolm Wallace proposes the 'Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries' (Cabal) specification, outlining a standardized way to describe Haskell packages and their dependencies.
Significance
This laid the foundational blueprint for a unified build system, offering a conceptual framework for solving Haskell's packaging problems.
Key facts
- Date
- 2003-05-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Online (Haskell mailing lists)