I just wondered if you could make a library that doesn't depend on base.

I suppose this is a giant boon for all these alternate prelude libraries, you could make your own alternate base.

You can just completly bypass the CLC and make your own favorite haskell:

• Don't like monads? Don't define them!
• Don't like String? Don't define it!

In return, you lose the entire library ecosystem... but hey, you're in control.