<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Welcome to issue 280 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">week of September 8 to 14, 2013.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quotes of the Week</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * haasn: edwardk uses things in anger. shachaf uses them with</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> disappointment :(</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * shachaf: Are you reading Mac Lane now? Saizan: yeah, it's not so</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> bad if you skip the examples</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Top Reddit Stories</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * For my 17th birthday, my best friend got me "The most obscure programming book I could find" as a joke. I know what language I am learning next!</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://i.imgur.com">i.imgur.com</a>, Score: 163, Comments: 67</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [1] <a href="http://goo.gl/0SyN5l">http://goo.gl/0SyN5l</a></font></div>
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</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * pipes-4.0: Simpler types and API</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://haskellforall.com">haskellforall.com</a>, Score: 95, Comments: 36</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [3] <a href="http://goo.gl/ciVnq5">http://goo.gl/ciVnq5</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [4] <a href="http://goo.gl/g9oq3i">http://goo.gl/g9oq3i</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Hackage 2 now available for beta testing -- switchover in a few weeks</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://beta.hackage.haskell.org">beta.hackage.haskell.org</a>, Score: 91, Comments: 17</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [5] <a href="http://goo.gl/aIhL67">http://goo.gl/aIhL67</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [6] <a href="http://goo.gl/zfprr9">http://goo.gl/zfprr9</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Cartesian Closed Comic #22: Cabal 1.18</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://ro-che.info">ro-che.info</a>, Score: 90, Comments: 3</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [7] <a href="http://goo.gl/tVUUFG">http://goo.gl/tVUUFG</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [8] <a href="http://goo.gl/O0BR6c">http://goo.gl/O0BR6c</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Parallel and Incremental CRCs by Edward Kmett</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://fpcomplete.com">fpcomplete.com</a>, Score: 58, Comments: 7</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [9] <a href="http://goo.gl/YAChJl">http://goo.gl/YAChJl</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [10] <a href="http://goo.gl/WnMsbY">http://goo.gl/WnMsbY</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Conquering Folds by Edward Kmett</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://fpcomplete.com">fpcomplete.com</a>, Score: 47, Comments: 42</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [11] <a href="http://goo.gl/reAjgu">http://goo.gl/reAjgu</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [12] <a href="http://goo.gl/kHsSye">http://goo.gl/kHsSye</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Conal Elliot: From Haskell to hardware via cartesian closed categories</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://conal.net">conal.net</a>, Score: 47, Comments: 3</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [13] <a href="http://goo.gl/VCwp7Y">http://goo.gl/VCwp7Y</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [14] <a href="http://goo.gl/NO1sbs">http://goo.gl/NO1sbs</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * FP Complete to release a personal edition of their online IDE</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://fpcomplete.com">fpcomplete.com</a>, Score: 39, Comments: 38</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [15] <a href="http://goo.gl/QOMy5Y">http://goo.gl/QOMy5Y</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [16] <a href="http://goo.gl/XBE7zT">http://goo.gl/XBE7zT</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Quark : A Web Browser with a Formally Verified Kernel</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://goto.ucsd.edu">goto.ucsd.edu</a>, Score: 36, Comments: 6</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [17] <a href="http://goo.gl/RDZMY0">http://goo.gl/RDZMY0</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [18] <a href="http://goo.gl/rgBcki">http://goo.gl/rgBcki</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * My first Haskell program - FNIStash - a utility for Torchlight 2 using threepenny for the GUI</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://fluffynukeit.com">fluffynukeit.com</a>, Score: 36, Comments: 19</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [19] <a href="http://goo.gl/cK2N8v">http://goo.gl/cK2N8v</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [20] <a href="http://goo.gl/XOMTgQ">http://goo.gl/XOMTgQ</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Conal Elliott: Overloading lambda</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://conal.net">conal.net</a>, Score: 34, Comments: 4</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [21] <a href="http://goo.gl/fQTt1P">http://goo.gl/fQTt1P</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [22] <a href="http://goo.gl/oPSQ3R">http://goo.gl/oPSQ3R</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Cost semantics for STG in modern GHC</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://blog.ezyang.com">blog.ezyang.com</a>, Score: 31, Comments: 5</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [23] <a href="http://goo.gl/mIQQxm">http://goo.gl/mIQQxm</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [24] <a href="http://goo.gl/5Sa49T">http://goo.gl/5Sa49T</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * 0install - Python vs. OCaml vs. Haskell</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://roscidus.com">roscidus.com</a>, Score: 31, Comments: 23</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [25] <a href="http://goo.gl/htCf1x">http://goo.gl/htCf1x</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [26] <a href="http://goo.gl/zhrVp0">http://goo.gl/zhrVp0</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * LogicGrowsOnTrees: a parallel implementation of logic programming using distributed tree exploration</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://github.com">github.com</a>, Score: 31, Comments: 9</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [27] <a href="http://goo.gl/zp5lou">http://goo.gl/zp5lou</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [28] <a href="http://goo.gl/5BgYh2">http://goo.gl/5BgYh2</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * RSS reader made by Haskell running on mbed platform (RAM size 64kB, using Ajhc Haskell compiler).</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://youtube.com">youtube.com</a>, Score: 30, Comments: 5</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [29] <a href="http://goo.gl/n0Gkan">http://goo.gl/n0Gkan</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [30] <a href="http://goo.gl/cwL4vP">http://goo.gl/cwL4vP</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Conal Elliott: Optimizing CCCs</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://conal.net">conal.net</a>, Score: 30, Comments: 12</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [31] <a href="http://goo.gl/HVv8dr">http://goo.gl/HVv8dr</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Original: [32] <a href="http://goo.gl/MCn0sO">http://goo.gl/MCn0sO</a></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Snap (and Heist) 0.13 released</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://snapframework.com">snapframework.com</a>, Score: 29, Comments: 7</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [33] <a href="http://goo.gl/zW5Sdn">http://goo.gl/zW5Sdn</a></font></div>
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</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * ANN: threepenny-gui-0.3 – GUI framework that uses the web browser as a display – now with FRP built-in</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Domain: <a href="http://apfelmus.nfshost.com">apfelmus.nfshost.com</a>, Score: 28, Comments: 8</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> On Reddit: [35] <a href="http://goo.gl/RUDrKD">http://goo.gl/RUDrKD</a></font></div>
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</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Top StackOverflow Questions</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * In Haskell, where does the range ['a'..] stop?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 20, answers: 2</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [37] <a href="http://goo.gl/Oms7lr">http://goo.gl/Oms7lr</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Why were Haskell 98's standard classes made inferior to Haskell 1.3's?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 18, answers: 1</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [38] <a href="http://goo.gl/WxvdL2">http://goo.gl/WxvdL2</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * 27 different Bool to Bool values in Haskell</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 14, answers: 1</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [39] <a href="http://goo.gl/1PcD1g">http://goo.gl/1PcD1g</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * How to reconstruct Haskell expression from type</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 10, answers: 1</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [40] <a href="http://goo.gl/Qx06kz">http://goo.gl/Qx06kz</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Can links to anchors in haddock be labeled?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 8, answers: 0</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [41] <a href="http://goo.gl/5deOMM">http://goo.gl/5deOMM</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * How to convert between ByteString and Storable Vector?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 7, answers: 1</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [42] <a href="http://goo.gl/zBVVzI">http://goo.gl/zBVVzI</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * Why is not GHC optimizing for constants?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 7, answers: 2</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [43] <a href="http://goo.gl/sfo64S">http://goo.gl/sfo64S</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * newtype around ST causes type error</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 7, answers: 1</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [44] <a href="http://goo.gl/CwXaJp">http://goo.gl/CwXaJp</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> * GHC does not generate a binary despite no errors shown</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> votes: 6, answers: 1</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Read on SO: [45] <a href="http://goo.gl/PAv1oQ">http://goo.gl/PAv1oQ</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Until next time,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">[46]+Daniel Santa Cruz</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
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