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'''Gofer''' ("'''Go'''odGood '''F'''orfor '''E'''quationalequational reasoning'''R'''easoning") is an implementation of the programming language [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]] intended for educational purposes and supporting a language based on version 1.2 of the Haskell report. It was replaced by [[Hugs (interpreter)|Hugs]].<ref>[{{cite web|url=https://www.haskell.org/hugs/pages/users_guide/faq.html#AEN1870]|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Hugs|website=www.haskell.org}}</ref>

Its syntax is closer to the earlier commercial language [[Miranda (programming language)|Miranda]] than the subsequently standardized Haskell. It lacks some of the features of Haskell (such as the deriving clause in data type definitions) but includes a number of features which were not adopted by Haskell (although some were later incorporated into [[Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler|GHC]], such as generalizing the [[list comprehension]] syntax to support any monad, which is now available using the MonadComprehensions extension).

'''Gofer''' ("'''Go'''od '''F'''or '''E'''quational '''R'''easoning") is an implementation of the programming language [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]] intended for educational purposes and supporting a language based on version 1.2 of the Haskell report. It was replaced by [[Hugs]].<ref>[https://www.haskell.org/hugs/pages/users_guide/faq.html#AEN1870]</ref>

Its syntax is closer to the earlier commercial language [[Miranda (programming language)|Miranda]] than the subsequently standardized Haskell. It lacks some of features of Haskell (such as the deriving clause in data type definitions) but includes a number of features which were not adopted by Haskell (although some were later incorporated into GHC, such as generalizing the [[list comprehension]] syntax to support any monad, which is now available using the MonadComprehensions extension).

==Getting Gofer==

* for [[IBM PC compatible|x86 PC]]: [http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mpj/goferarc/index.html Mark Jones' Gofer Archive]

* for [[RISC OS]]: [http://www.wra1th.plus.com/gofer.html Gavin Wraith's RISC OS page]

==References==

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==External links==

[[Category:Declarative programming languages]]

* for [[IBM PC compatible|x86 PC]]: [http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mpj/goferarc/index.html Mark Jones' Gofer Archive] – for [[IBM PC compatible|x86 PC]]

* for [[RISC OS]]https: [//web.archive.org/web/20070205050948/http://www.wra1th.plus.com/gofer.html Gavin Wraith's RISC OS page] – for [[RISC OS]]

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