GHCi won't start in Powershell ISE

To reproduce,

1. Start Powershell ISE (Windows PowerShell ISE Host 4.0 on Windows 8.1)
2. Type "ghci"

You will see the output:

GHCi, version 7.8.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.

After Loading package base ... linking ... done., GHCi just hangs, won't continue, the prompt is never displayed.

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This is not a bug with GHCi, Powershell ISE is not a real console, it's a GUI based emulation which does not support interactive console applications.

The same thing will happen if you try to run cmd /K

More details: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2009/02/04/console-application-non-support-in-the-ise.aspx

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