GHC

Definitions

1. The Glasgow Haskell Compiler — the primary, industrial-strength compiler for Haskell, known for aggressive optimizations, a sophisticated type system, and serving as a research vehicle for cutting-edge programming language features.

   In plain English: The main compiler for the Haskell programming language, famous for being incredibly powerful and for catching bugs that other compilers would miss entirely.

   Example: "GHC's type checker rejected my code for the fifteenth time. It was right every single time."

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