<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">Welcome to issue 294 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits</div><div class="gmail_default">of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers</div>
<div class="gmail_default">from April 27 to May 3, 2014</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Quotes of the Week</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * roconnor: oh no. edwardk and I can never meet otherwise it will be</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> revealed that I am actually him in a very short costume.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * edwardk: I'm a product mostly of old Wadler monad papers and TaPL</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> with some Cale thrown in.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * benzrf: zippers are fun / they are zippy! / anyway bye</div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default">Top Reddit Stories</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * Nikki and the Robots (FOSS Haskell game) has been greenlit on Steam</div><div class="gmail_default">
Domain: <a href="http://steamcommunity.com">steamcommunity.com</a>, Score: 130, Comments: 7</div><div class="gmail_default"> Original: [1] <a href="http://goo.gl/VgbYzB">http://goo.gl/VgbYzB</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
On Reddit: [2] <a href="http://goo.gl/rsKKLn">http://goo.gl/rsKKLn</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * So I re-implemented Freenet in Haskell, what now?</div><div class="gmail_default">
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 85, Comments: 34</div><div class="gmail_default"> Original: [3] <a href="http://goo.gl/yLHLD4">http://goo.gl/yLHLD4</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [4] <a href="http://goo.gl/yLHLD4">http://goo.gl/yLHLD4</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * Meditations on learning Haskell from an ex-Clojure user</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://bitemyapp.com">bitemyapp.com</a>, Score: 79, Comments: 113</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> Original: [5] <a href="http://goo.gl/twtYw2">http://goo.gl/twtYw2</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [6] <a href="http://goo.gl/JICvqo">http://goo.gl/JICvqo</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * The printer Haskell deserves</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://chrisdone.com">chrisdone.com</a>, Score: 77, Comments: 24</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [7] <a href="http://goo.gl/x8VL1J">http://goo.gl/x8VL1J</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [8] <a href="http://goo.gl/AvMuIo">http://goo.gl/AvMuIo</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> * Erik Meijer: The Curse of the Excluded Middle</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://queue.acm.org">queue.acm.org</a>, Score: 76, Comments: 93</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [9] <a href="http://goo.gl/QbpX9M">http://goo.gl/QbpX9M</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [10] <a href="http://goo.gl/IpliOH">http://goo.gl/IpliOH</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"> * My road to Haskell</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://alfredodinapoli.com">alfredodinapoli.com</a>, Score: 74, Comments: 40</div><div class="gmail_default"> Original: [11] <a href="http://goo.gl/6oHuNf">http://goo.gl/6oHuNf</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [12] <a href="http://goo.gl/7ER3JC">http://goo.gl/7ER3JC</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * The Identity monad trick</div><div class="gmail_default">
Domain: <a href="http://chrisdone.com">chrisdone.com</a>, Score: 58, Comments: 62</div><div class="gmail_default"> Original: [13] <a href="http://goo.gl/mpL1fa">http://goo.gl/mpL1fa</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
On Reddit: [14] <a href="http://goo.gl/Z2fMeB">http://goo.gl/Z2fMeB</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * ekg 0.4 released</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://blog.johantibell.com">blog.johantibell.com</a>, Score: 57, Comments: 5</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> Original: [15] <a href="http://goo.gl/5XZ86C">http://goo.gl/5XZ86C</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [16] <a href="http://goo.gl/Ef3ShV">http://goo.gl/Ef3ShV</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * Evan Czaplicki: Stop saying "the ___ monad"</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://groups.google.com">groups.google.com</a>, Score: 54, Comments: 56</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> Original: [17] <a href="http://goo.gl/36WH0W">http://goo.gl/36WH0W</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [18] <a href="http://goo.gl/mzcSZi">http://goo.gl/mzcSZi</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * Thinking in Types</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://robots.thoughtbot.com">robots.thoughtbot.com</a>, Score: 47, Comments: 28</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [19] <a href="http://goo.gl/k4bRuD">http://goo.gl/k4bRuD</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [20] <a href="http://goo.gl/G1dbac">http://goo.gl/G1dbac</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default"> * Disemboweling WAI (aka gutting out conduit)</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://yesodweb.com">yesodweb.com</a>, Score: 46, Comments: 102</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [21] <a href="http://goo.gl/EQ6hJi">http://goo.gl/EQ6hJi</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [22] <a href="http://goo.gl/CQefwI">http://goo.gl/CQefwI</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default"> * GHC Status Report, May 2014</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://ghc.haskell.org">ghc.haskell.org</a>, Score: 44, Comments: 14</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [23] <a href="http://goo.gl/UbUiIx">http://goo.gl/UbUiIx</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [24] <a href="http://goo.gl/SXY310">http://goo.gl/SXY310</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default"> * What Do You Think Is Impeding Haskell From Getting Mainstream Adoption?</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://forbes.com">forbes.com</a>, Score: 44, Comments: 237</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> Original: [25] <a href="http://goo.gl/Qn77nm">http://goo.gl/Qn77nm</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [26] <a href="http://goo.gl/EIQOBr">http://goo.gl/EIQOBr</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * Pattern Synonyms for Dates and an IRC Bot</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://fpcomplete.com">fpcomplete.com</a>, Score: 43, Comments: 15</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [27] <a href="http://goo.gl/LSThZm">http://goo.gl/LSThZm</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [28] <a href="http://goo.gl/sE3y6p">http://goo.gl/sE3y6p</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default"> * Elm 0.12.1 - Fast Immutable Arrays</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://elm-lang.org">elm-lang.org</a>, Score: 40, Comments: 6</div><div class="gmail_default">
Original: [29] <a href="http://goo.gl/rbo80l">http://goo.gl/rbo80l</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [30] <a href="http://goo.gl/FoC4un">http://goo.gl/FoC4un</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default"> * PureScript 0.5 Released</div><div class="gmail_default"> Domain: <a href="http://github.com">github.com</a>, Score: 38, Comments: 24</div><div class="gmail_default"> Original: [31] <a href="http://goo.gl/3cffJq">http://goo.gl/3cffJq</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [32] <a href="http://goo.gl/AtjJPK">http://goo.gl/AtjJPK</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * Why category theory matters</div><div class="gmail_default">
Domain: <a href="http://rs.io">rs.io</a>, Score: 38, Comments: 36</div><div class="gmail_default"> Original: [33] <a href="http://goo.gl/LQCAk1">http://goo.gl/LQCAk1</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> On Reddit: [34] <a href="http://goo.gl/8xZ9bo">http://goo.gl/8xZ9bo</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Top StackOverflow Questions</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> * What is a good reason to use a type signature for functions when the compiler can infer the types</div>
<div class="gmail_default"> votes: 14, answers: 4</div><div class="gmail_default"> Read on SO: [35] <a href="http://goo.gl/48G9iZ">http://goo.gl/48G9iZ</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">
* Difference between Monad and Applicative in Haskell</div><div class="gmail_default"> votes: 9, answers: 5</div><div class="gmail_default"> Read on SO: [36] <a href="http://goo.gl/dL3a4s">http://goo.gl/dL3a4s</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Until next time,</div><div class="gmail_default">[37]+Daniel Santa Cruz</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">References</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"> 1. <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=107105028">http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=107105028</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
2. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24fw5k/nikki_and_the_robots_foss_haskell_game_has_been/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24fw5k/nikki_and_the_robots_foss_haskell_game_has_been/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
3. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24hjak/so_i_reimplemented_freenet_in_haskell_what_now/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24hjak/so_i_reimplemented_freenet_in_haskell_what_now/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
4. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24hjak/so_i_reimplemented_freenet_in_haskell_what_now/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24hjak/so_i_reimplemented_freenet_in_haskell_what_now/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
5. <a href="http://bitemyapp.com/posts/2014-04-29-meditations-on-learning-haskell.html">http://bitemyapp.com/posts/2014-04-29-meditations-on-learning-haskell.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 6. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24adiv/meditations_on_learning_haskell_from_an_exclojure/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24adiv/meditations_on_learning_haskell_from_an_exclojure/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 7. <a href="http://chrisdone.com/posts/the-printer-haskell-deserves">http://chrisdone.com/posts/the-printer-haskell-deserves</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 8. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246iir/the_printer_haskell_deserves/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246iir/the_printer_haskell_deserves/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 9. <a href="http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?ref=rss&id=2611829">http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?ref=rss&id=2611829</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 10. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/243fm4/erik_meijer_the_curse_of_the_excluded_middle/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/243fm4/erik_meijer_the_curse_of_the_excluded_middle/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 11. <a href="http://www.alfredodinapoli.com/posts/2014-04-27-my-road-to-haskell.html">http://www.alfredodinapoli.com/posts/2014-04-27-my-road-to-haskell.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
12. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246qty/my_road_to_haskell/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246qty/my_road_to_haskell/</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 13. <a href="http://chrisdone.com/posts/identity-monad">http://chrisdone.com/posts/identity-monad</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 14. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24cq0u/the_identity_monad_trick/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24cq0u/the_identity_monad_trick/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">
15. <a href="http://blog.johantibell.com/2014/05/ekg-04-released.html">http://blog.johantibell.com/2014/05/ekg-04-released.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 16. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24g513/ekg_04_released/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24g513/ekg_04_released/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 17. <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/elm-discuss/1acyOfxvasA">https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/elm-discuss/1acyOfxvasA</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 18. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24kvwh/evan_czaplicki_stop_saying_the_monad/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24kvwh/evan_czaplicki_stop_saying_the_monad/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 19. <a href="http://robots.thoughtbot.com/thinking-in-types">http://robots.thoughtbot.com/thinking-in-types</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 20. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24k2wz/thinking_in_types/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24k2wz/thinking_in_types/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 21. <a href="http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2014/04/disemboweling-wai">http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2014/04/disemboweling-wai</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 22. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246e39/disemboweling_wai_aka_gutting_out_conduit/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246e39/disemboweling_wai_aka_gutting_out_conduit/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 23. <a href="https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/May14">https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/May14</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 24. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246fos/ghc_status_report_may_2014/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/246fos/ghc_status_report_may_2014/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 25. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/04/29/what-do-you-think-is-impeding-haskell-from-getting-mainstream-adoption/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/04/29/what-do-you-think-is-impeding-haskell-from-getting-mainstream-adoption/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 26. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24ddu3/what_do_you_think_is_impeding_haskell_from/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24ddu3/what_do_you_think_is_impeding_haskell_from/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 27. <a href="https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/icelandj/Pattern%20synonyms">https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/icelandj/Pattern%20synonyms</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 28. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24fvyz/pattern_synonyms_for_dates_and_an_irc_bot/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24fvyz/pattern_synonyms_for_dates_and_an_irc_bot/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 29. <a href="http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.1.elm">http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.1.elm</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 30. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24jo48/elm_0121_fast_immutable_arrays/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24jo48/elm_0121_fast_immutable_arrays/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 31. <a href="https://github.com/purescript/purescript/releases/tag/v0.5.0">https://github.com/purescript/purescript/releases/tag/v0.5.0</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 32. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/244z52/purescript_05_released/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/244z52/purescript_05_released/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 33. <a href="http://rs.io/2014/04/30/why-category-theory-matters.html">http://rs.io/2014/04/30/why-category-theory-matters.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default"> 34. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24nhfc/why_category_theory_matters/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24nhfc/why_category_theory_matters/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 35. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23401698/what-is-a-good-reason-to-use-a-type-signature-for-functions-when-the-compiler-ca">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23401698/what-is-a-good-reason-to-use-a-type-signature-for-functions-when-the-compiler-ca</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 36. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23342184/difference-between-monad-and-applicative-in-haskell">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23342184/difference-between-monad-and-applicative-in-haskell</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default"> 37. <a href="https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about">https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>