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Emphasize ghcup and discourage use of system GHCs. #163

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Emphasize `ghcup` and discourage use of system GHCs.
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## Development

`semantic` requires at least GHC 8.6.4 and Cabal 2.4. We strongly recommend using [`ghcup`][ghcup] to sandbox GHC versions, as GHC packages installed through your OS's package manager may not install statically-linked versions of the GHC boot libraries.

We use `cabal's` [Nix-style local builds][nix] for development. To get started quickly:

```bash
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cabal new-run semantic -- --help
```

`semantic` requires at least GHC 8.6.4 and Cabal 2.4. We recommend using [`ghcup`][ghcup] to sandbox GHC versions. `stack` as a build tool is not officially supported; there is an unofficial [`stack.yaml`](https://gist.github.com/jkachmar/f200caee83280f1f25e9cfa2dd2b16bb) available, though we cannot make guarantees as to its stability.
`stack` as a build tool is not officially supported; there is an unofficial [`stack.yaml`](https://gist.github.com/jkachmar/f200caee83280f1f25e9cfa2dd2b16bb) available, though we cannot make guarantees as to its stability.

[nix]: https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/nix-local-build-overview.html
[stackage]: https://stackage.org
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