[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 286

Daniel Santa Cruz dstcruz at gmail.com
Wed Nov 13 03:47:41 UTC 2013


Welcome to issue 286 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
weeks of November 03 to 09, 2013.

Quotes of the Week

   * edwardk: (->) is syntax, sadly.

   * chrisdone: my brother was killed by an IO monad
     hpc: i guess it started as an evaluation, but ended up as an
     execution...

   * mauke: no, haskell doesn't support trees

   * un1xguy: first web server was written in php...

Top Reddit Stories

   * Haskell, the Language Most Likely to Change the
     Way you Think About Programming
     Domain: m.huffpost.com, Score: 54, Comments: 71
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/E0dfbl
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/1CGVmK

   * Announcing 24 Days of Hackage 2013 - I need your help!
     Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 53, Comments: 45
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/7RupOj
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/6Uog4B

   * Pyret: New teaching language from makers of Racket with
     ADTs and pattern matching
     Domain: pyret.org, Score: 47, Comments: 25
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/Xeyyyh
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/GJmYgI

   * haskintex: Write and run Haskell within LaTeX
     Domain: daniel-diaz.github.io, Score: 42, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/1UTbdL
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/2DbE5I

   * Haskell.org SSL rollout
     Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 41, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/2DvgLX
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/M0QwMh

   * Why Lists?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 36, Comments: 54
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/Y2ma9V
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/Y2ma9V

   * Frege: a JVM pure functional programming language in the spirit of
Haskell
     Domain: github.com, Score: 36, Comments: 22
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/pyaB8s
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/kJWFg

   * Switching from imperative to functional programming with games in Elm
     (xpost from /r/programming)
     Domain: github.com, Score: 35, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/CbsMhS
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/0MpQJ0

   * FP Complete is hiring a Ruby expert Haskeller.
     Help bring Haskell to Rubyists!
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 34, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/eb6G1s
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/eb6G1s

   * plaimi’s introduction to Haskell for the Haskell-curious game
programmer [PDF]
     Domain: secure.plaimi.net, Score: 31, Comments: 21
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/khkU80
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/ZgRzkn

   * The F# Computation Expression Zoo
     (Why "computation expressions" are not just an "enterprise-y monad")
     Domain: tomasp.net, Score: 31, Comments: 18
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/qnbrNx
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/ErKmeU

   * Try PureScript
     Domain: tryps.functorial.com, Score: 30, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/mOJCvG
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/aujnyl

   * Internship at Facebook London working on Haxl
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 30, Comments: 4
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/pHjgFp
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/3qrzyR

   * Soostone is hiring in Turkey
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 29, Comments: 15
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/juSJLL
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/IpYTkJ

   * Mind-bending behavior for deserialization in Haskell
     Domain: justinleitgeb.com, Score: 25, Comments: 75
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/4BnEVn
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/wTC06g

   * Hudak and Jones
     - An Experiment in Software Prototyping Productivity - 1994 [PDF]
     Domain: cs.yale.edu, Score: 24, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [31] http://goo.gl/krp66H
     Original: [32] http://goo.gl/qK6H98

   * Webcast: Designing Domain Specific Languages with Haskell
     - Michael Snoyman - 2012-11-14
     Domain: oreillynet.com, Score: 23, Comments: 0
     On Reddit: [33] http://goo.gl/liqoge
     Original: [34] http://goo.gl/X7N0eN

   * Code review request: Wikipedia API for Haskell
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 23, Comments: 25
     On Reddit: [35] http://goo.gl/VgPCpC
     Original: [36] http://goo.gl/VgPCpC

   * transliterate: A korean transliteration library targeting GHC, Fay,
and JS
     Domain: github.com, Score: 21, Comments: 16
     On Reddit: [37] http://goo.gl/oYrL6c
     Original: [38] http://goo.gl/OAZ1z9

   * lens-family 1.0.0
     Domain: comments.gmane.org, Score: 20, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [39] http://goo.gl/H1HFyZ
     Original: [40] http://goo.gl/oAAd6Z

   * Gershom Bazerman, NYC Haskell Meetup Organizer,
     interviewed for your great learning
     Domain: rogueleaderr.com, Score: 20, Comments: 0
     On Reddit: [41] http://goo.gl/unTdeJ
     Original: [42] http://goo.gl/0hJ1DL

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * “Eta reduce” is not always held in Haskell?
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/G0NZPp

   * Data Constructor promotion in GHC-7.6
     votes: 10, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/huK32T

   * best way to check arguments of a function in haskell
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/Cz5VDs

   * Processing a very large text file with lazy Texts and ByteStrings
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [46] http://goo.gl/eMtxDx

   * Style vs Performance Using Vectors
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [47] http://goo.gl/gm9o08

   * Monad with no wrapped value?
     votes: 8, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [48] http://goo.gl/XPBwQd

   * Is it safe to reuse a conduit?
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [49] http://goo.gl/QTepyV

   * Haskell Repa stencil hacks
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [50] http://goo.gl/2vEqVg

   * Are Functor instances unique?
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [51] http://goo.gl/EHm4yq

Until next time,
[52]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4242119
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q93r2/haskell_the_language_most_likely_to_change_the/
   3.
http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-11-06-24-days-of-hackage-2013.html
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q1sg1/announcing_24_days_of_hackage_2013_i_need_your/
   5. http://www.pyret.org/index.html
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q8wv5/pyret_new_teaching_language_from_makers_of_racket/
   7. http://daniel-diaz.github.io/projects/haskintex
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pwcd7/haskintex_write_and_run_haskell_within_latex/
   9. https://hackage.haskell.org/
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q1039/haskellorg_ssl_rollout/
  11. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q0jsj/why_lists/
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q0jsj/why_lists/
  13. https://github.com/Frege/frege
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q3r8v/frege_a_jvm_pure_functional_programming_language/
  15.
https://github.com/Dobiasd/elm-articles/blob/master/switching_from_imperative_to_functional_programming_with_games_in_Elm.md
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q5s14/switching_from_imperative_to_functional/
  17.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pv6ua/fp_complete_is_hiring_a_ruby_expert_haskeller/
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pv6ua/fp_complete_is_hiring_a_ruby_expert_haskeller/
  19. https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander/tmp/main.pdf
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q1b9f/plaimis_introduction_to_haskell_for_the/
  21. http://tomasp.net/blog/2013/computation-zoo-padl/index.html
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q6o2a/the_f_computation_expression_zoo_why_computation/
  23. http://tryps.functorial.com/
  24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pu02e/try_purescript/
  25. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2013-November/023977.html
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pvggf/internship_at_facebook_london_working_on_haxl/
  27.
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2013-November/111295.html
  28.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pyfor/soostone_is_hiring_in_turkey/
  29.
http://justinleitgeb.com/haskell/mind-bending-behavior-for-deserialization-in-haskell/
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q4r3b/mindbending_behavior_for_deserialization_in/
  31. http://www.cs.yale.edu/publications/techreports/tr1049.pdf
  32.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pxvbk/hudak_and_jones_an_experiment_in_software/
  33. http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2400
  34.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pzre6/webcast_designing_domain_specific_languages_with/
  35.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pzymv/code_review_request_wikipedia_api_for_haskell/
  36.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pzymv/code_review_request_wikipedia_api_for_haskell/
  37. https://github.com/bergmark/transliterate
  38.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1q367s/transliterate_a_korean_transliteration_library/
  39. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/107972
  40. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1ps3d7/lensfamily_100/
  41.
http://rogueleaderr.com/post/66018558718/a-interview-4-gershom-bazerman-organizer-of#disqus_thread
  42.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pwkey/gershom_bazerman_nyc_haskell_meetup_organizer/
  43.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19758828/eta-reduce-is-not-always-held-in-haskell
  44.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19875636/data-constructor-promotion-in-ghc-7-6
  45.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19869902/best-way-to-check-arguments-of-a-function-in-haskell
  46.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19779559/processing-a-very-large-text-file-with-lazy-texts-and-bytestrings
  47.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19803949/style-vs-performance-using-vectors
  48.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19884548/monad-with-no-wrapped-value
  49.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19793824/is-it-safe-to-reuse-a-conduit
  50. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19749343/haskell-repa-stencil-hacks
  51.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19774904/are-functor-instances-unique
  52. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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