<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 May 4 to 24, 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">   * dalaing: going from doing a fair bit of haskell recently to doing</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     javascript today... sigh... it feels like the difference between</div><div class="gmail_default">     typing at a keyboard and typing with a pair of those</div><div class="gmail_default">     sporting-event-foam-hands-with-a-pointing-finger on</div>

<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * monochrom: to be blunt, I believe that "I do X for a living" means</div><div class="gmail_default">     nothing. politicians do politics for a living too, what is the</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     result?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Cale: Java seems like it was designed especially to be a strawman</div><div class="gmail_default">     for people who hate static type systems</div>

<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * ReinH: Every so often edwardk goes up to the mountain of CT and</div><div class="gmail_default">     <span class="" style="white-space:pre">      </span>    brings us some new tablets</div>

<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">     edwardk: hear that dolio? we're going to start calling you the</div><div class="gmail_default">     <span class="" style="white-space:pre">  </span>      mountain.</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">   * #haskell is welcoming and troll resistent (just found this by accident)</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://gist.github.com">gist.github.com</a>, Score: 172, Comments: 19</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [1] <a href="http://goo.gl/TCiMW">http://goo.gl/TCiMW</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [2] <a href="http://goo.gl/JZNY3M">http://goo.gl/JZNY3M</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * $7.5m DoD grant to develop Homotopy Type Theory</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://cmu.edu">cmu.edu</a>, Score: 117, Comments: 70</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [3] <a href="http://goo.gl/EmSlbE">http://goo.gl/EmSlbE</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

     On Reddit: [4] <a href="http://goo.gl/sKjGIl">http://goo.gl/sKjGIl</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Understanding the Stack</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://well-typed.com">well-typed.com</a>, Score: 102, Comments: 13</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Original: [5] <a href="http://goo.gl/qo9m5O">http://goo.gl/qo9m5O</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [6] <a href="http://goo.gl/MVvaQn">http://goo.gl/MVvaQn</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Elm 0.12.3 - efficient 3D rendering with WebGL</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://elm-lang.org">elm-lang.org</a>, Score: 82, Comments: 19</div><div class="gmail_default">

     Original: [7] <a href="http://goo.gl/iATfSi">http://goo.gl/iATfSi</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [8] <a href="http://goo.gl/QJ5ttp">http://goo.gl/QJ5ttp</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div>

<div class="gmail_default">   * An example of a Real World Haskell Application Architecture</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 68, Comments: 36</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [9] <a href="http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x">http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [10] <a href="http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x">http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * ezyang: “try a <|> b” considered harmful</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://blog.ezyang.com">blog.ezyang.com</a>, Score: 67, Comments: 29</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [11] <a href="http://goo.gl/BEkC6W">http://goo.gl/BEkC6W</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [12] <a href="http://goo.gl/3oql5l">http://goo.gl/3oql5l</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * 9m URL Shortener (Written in Haskell)</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://9m.no">9m.no</a>, Score: 67, Comments: 27</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [13] <a href="http://goo.gl/E0NoYv">http://goo.gl/E0NoYv</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

     On Reddit: [14] <a href="http://goo.gl/n4cyN5">http://goo.gl/n4cyN5</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Announce: JHC 0.8.1 IS OUT</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://notanumber.net">notanumber.net</a>, Score: 66, Comments: 14</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Original: [15] <a href="http://goo.gl/n6qAcf">http://goo.gl/n6qAcf</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [16] <a href="http://goo.gl/wSMrva">http://goo.gl/wSMrva</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Haskell for Mac OS X, self-contained relocatable GHC builds</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://ghcformacosx.github.io">ghcformacosx.github.io</a>, Score: 64, Comments: 35</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Original: [17] <a href="http://goo.gl/CvsYC7">http://goo.gl/CvsYC7</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [18] <a href="http://goo.gl/WcIBw5">http://goo.gl/WcIBw5</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Binary serialisation: better, stronger, faster (PDF, Duncan Coutts, March 2014)</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://code.haskell.org">code.haskell.org</a>, Score: 63, Comments: 39</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Original: [19] <a href="http://goo.gl/r4xShZ">http://goo.gl/r4xShZ</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [20] <a href="http://goo.gl/xhJRbg">http://goo.gl/xhJRbg</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * CS240h lecture notes</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://scs.stanford.edu">scs.stanford.edu</a>, Score: 61, Comments: 8</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [21] <a href="http://goo.gl/F39zHe">http://goo.gl/F39zHe</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [22] <a href="http://goo.gl/AQqrUj">http://goo.gl/AQqrUj</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Haskell-mode documentation</div><div class="gmail_default">

     Domain: <a href="http://chrisdone.com">chrisdone.com</a>, Score: 58, Comments: 28</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [23] <a href="http://goo.gl/XzKMCk">http://goo.gl/XzKMCk</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

     On Reddit: [24] <a href="http://goo.gl/DZBQtO">http://goo.gl/DZBQtO</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * PSA: you can now visit <a href="http://status.haskell.org">status.haskell.org</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://status.haskell.org">status.haskell.org</a>, Score: 58, Comments: 19</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [25] <a href="http://goo.gl/oRHfsn">http://goo.gl/oRHfsn</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [26] <a href="http://goo.gl/Ye9YU2">http://goo.gl/Ye9YU2</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Once more into the teach, dear friends</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://serpentine.com">serpentine.com</a>, Score: 57, Comments: 11</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [27] <a href="http://goo.gl/L8Csnm">http://goo.gl/L8Csnm</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [28] <a href="http://goo.gl/AyF2Fs">http://goo.gl/AyF2Fs</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * What Features Would You Like to Find in a Haskell IDE?</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 57, Comments: 90</div><div class="gmail_default">     Original: [29] <a href="http://goo.gl/Pvo32I">http://goo.gl/Pvo32I</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [30] <a href="http://goo.gl/Pvo32I">http://goo.gl/Pvo32I</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Adventure with Types in Haskell - Simon Peyton Jones [1:33:36]</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://youtu.be">youtu.be</a>, Score: 57, Comments: 10</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Original: [31] <a href="http://goo.gl/L9wGWe">http://goo.gl/L9wGWe</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [32] <a href="http://goo.gl/sL3u8i">http://goo.gl/sL3u8i</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Ars Technica has Haskell as one of three potential heirs to Fortran's scientific computing throne</div><div class="gmail_default">     Domain: <a href="http://arstechnica.com">arstechnica.com</a>, Score: 56, Comments: 78</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     Original: [33] <a href="http://goo.gl/lxWcdK">http://goo.gl/lxWcdK</a></div><div class="gmail_default">     On Reddit: [34] <a href="http://goo.gl/kCxUS9">http://goo.gl/kCxUS9</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></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">   * Why does Haskell's “do nothing” function, id, consume tons of memory?</div>

<div class="gmail_default">     votes: 72, answers: 1</div><div class="gmail_default">     Read on SO: [35] <a href="http://goo.gl/8awkSk">http://goo.gl/8awkSk</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">

   * Are Ana-/Catamorphisms just slower?</div><div class="gmail_default">     votes: 29, answers: 2</div><div class="gmail_default">     Read on SO: [36] <a href="http://goo.gl/wcmkQw">http://goo.gl/wcmkQw</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

<br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Code becomes slower as more boxed arrays are allocated</div><div class="gmail_default">     votes: 22, answers: 2</div><div class="gmail_default">     Read on SO: [37] <a href="http://goo.gl/qfKo2a">http://goo.gl/qfKo2a</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">   * Which part of Real World Haskell is now obsolete or considered bad practise?</div><div class="gmail_default">     votes: 22, answers: 1</div><div class="gmail_default">

     Read on SO: [38] <a href="http://goo.gl/EtT51x">http://goo.gl/EtT51x</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Until next time,</div><div class="gmail_default">[39]+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="https://gist.github.com/quchen/5280339">https://gist.github.com/quchen/5280339</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">   2. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2516e4/haskell_is_welcoming_and_troll_resistent_just/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2516e4/haskell_is_welcoming_and_troll_resistent_just/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">   3. <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/april/april28_awodeygrant.html">http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/april/april28_awodeygrant.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

   4. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24rs73/75m_dod_grant_to_develop_homotopy_type_theory/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24rs73/75m_dod_grant_to_develop_homotopy_type_theory/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

   5. <a href="http://www.well-typed.com/blog/94/">http://www.well-typed.com/blog/94/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">   6. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2641x0/understanding_the_stack/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2641x0/understanding_the_stack/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">   7. <a href="http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.3.elm">http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.3.elm</a></div><div class="gmail_default">   8. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/261abs/elm_0123_efficient_3d_rendering_with_webgl/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/261abs/elm_0123_efficient_3d_rendering_with_webgl/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">   9. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  10. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  11. <a href="http://blog.ezyang.com/2014/05/parsec-try-a-or-b-considered-harmful/">http://blog.ezyang.com/2014/05/parsec-try-a-or-b-considered-harmful/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  12. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ulsv/ezyang_try_a_b_considered_harmful/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ulsv/ezyang_try_a_b_considered_harmful/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  13. <a href="http://9m.no/">http://9m.no/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  14. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/267evu/9m_url_shortener_written_in_haskell/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/267evu/9m_url_shortener_written_in_haskell/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  15. <a href="http://notanumber.net/archives/178/jhc-haskell-0-8-1-released">http://notanumber.net/archives/178/jhc-haskell-0-8-1-released</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  16. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25o33n/announce_jhc_081_is_out/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25o33n/announce_jhc_081_is_out/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  17. <a href="http://ghcformacosx.github.io/">http://ghcformacosx.github.io/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  18. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/26bx5n/haskell_for_mac_os_x_selfcontained_relocatable/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/26bx5n/haskell_for_mac_os_x_selfcontained_relocatable/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  19. <a href="http://code.haskell.org/~duncan/binary-experiment/binary.pdf">http://code.haskell.org/~duncan/binary-experiment/binary.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  20. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ch8v/binary_serialisation_better_stronger_faster_pdf/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ch8v/binary_serialisation_better_stronger_faster_pdf/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  21. <a href="http://www.scs.stanford.edu/14sp-cs240h/slides/">http://www.scs.stanford.edu/14sp-cs240h/slides/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  22. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25i99i/cs240h_lecture_notes/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25i99i/cs240h_lecture_notes/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  23. <a href="http://chrisdone.com/posts/haskell-mode-docs">http://chrisdone.com/posts/haskell-mode-docs</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  24. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2583sm/haskellmode_documentation/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2583sm/haskellmode_documentation/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  25. <a href="http://status.haskell.org/">http://status.haskell.org/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  26. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2653kp/psa_you_can_now_visit_statushaskellorg/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2653kp/psa_you_can_now_visit_statushaskellorg/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  27. <a href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2014/05/13/once-more-into-the-teach-dear-friends/">http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2014/05/13/once-more-into-the-teach-dear-friends/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

  28. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25iqk7/once_more_into_the_teach_dear_friends/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25iqk7/once_more_into_the_teach_dear_friends/</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

  29. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  30. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  31. <a href="http://youtu.be/6COvD8oynmI">http://youtu.be/6COvD8oynmI</a></div><div class="gmail_default">  32. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25vj62/adventure_with_types_in_haskell_simon_peyton/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25vj62/adventure_with_types_in_haskell_simon_peyton/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  33. <a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-coding-language-top-a-1950s-behemoth/">http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-coding-language-top-a-1950s-behemoth/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  34. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/250558/ars_technica_has_haskell_as_one_of_three/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/250558/ars_technica_has_haskell_as_one_of_three/</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  35. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23746852/why-does-haskells-do-nothing-function-id-consume-tons-of-memory">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23746852/why-does-haskells-do-nothing-function-id-consume-tons-of-memory</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  36. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23664197/are-ana-catamorphisms-just-slower">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23664197/are-ana-catamorphisms-just-slower</a></div><div class="gmail_default">

  37. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23462004/code-becomes-slower-as-more-boxed-arrays-are-allocated">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23462004/code-becomes-slower-as-more-boxed-arrays-are-allocated</a></div>

<div class="gmail_default">  38. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23727768/which-part-of-real-world-haskell-is-now-obsolete-or-considered-bad-practise">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23727768/which-part-of-real-world-haskell-is-now-obsolete-or-considered-bad-practise</a></div>

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