[interpol_p]

It's only $25.

I've been interested in playing with Haskell for a while but I've been put off by the need to setup existing tools. Having an all-in-one package with neat presentation, packaged libraries, and immediate feedback sounds like a great deal for $25.

[jane_is_here]

The problem is having to use a Mac. I guess that I could spin up my Yosemite virtual machine...

[interpol_p]

I think having to run a VM you don't often use is kind of defeating the purpose of the app.

If you're willing to run a VM for a single app you are probably the type of person who is willing to spend the time to set up a Haskell tool chain and libraries for free.

Although I am most definitely not that type of person, all I care about is playing with the language. Anything detrimental to that is just noise and not worth the time. So I consider the $25 quite a cheap price to not have to think about the extraneous actions required to get a Haskell environment up and running.

[jane_is_here]

I already have the Haskell toolchain and libraries. It merely required the command "apt-get install haskell-platform". However, the Haskell Playgrounds feature that Chakravarty offers sounds interesting enough to spin up a Mac VM.

[makomk]

It doesn't take many "only $25"s before you've spend $100.

[interpol_p]

$100 is also quite cheap for a well developed piece of software that you enjoy using.

[mbrock]

Depending on how many other dollars you have to spend on things that you might enjoy eating.