[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 295

Thu May 29 03:14:59 UTC 2014

Welcome to issue 294 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers
from May 4 to 24, 2014

Quotes of the Week

   * dalaing: going from doing a fair bit of haskell recently to doing
     javascript today... sigh... it feels like the difference between
     typing at a keyboard and typing with a pair of those
     sporting-event-foam-hands-with-a-pointing-finger on

   * monochrom: to be blunt, I believe that "I do X for a living" means
     nothing. politicians do politics for a living too, what is the
     result?

   * Cale: Java seems like it was designed especially to be a strawman
     for people who hate static type systems

   * ReinH: Every so often edwardk goes up to the mountain of CT and
         brings us some new tablets

     edwardk: hear that dolio? we're going to start calling you the
           mountain.

Top Reddit Stories

   * #haskell is welcoming and troll resistent (just found this by accident)
     Domain: gist.github.com, Score: 172, Comments: 19
     Original: [1] http://goo.gl/TCiMW
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/JZNY3M

   * $7.5m DoD grant to develop Homotopy Type Theory
     Domain: cmu.edu, Score: 117, Comments: 70
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/EmSlbE
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/sKjGIl

   * Understanding the Stack
     Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 102, Comments: 13
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/qo9m5O
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/MVvaQn

   * Elm 0.12.3 - efficient 3D rendering with WebGL
     Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 82, Comments: 19
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/iATfSi
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/QJ5ttp

   * An example of a Real World Haskell Application Architecture
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 68, Comments: 36
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x

   * ezyang: “try a <|> b” considered harmful
     Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 67, Comments: 29
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/BEkC6W
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/3oql5l

   * 9m URL Shortener (Written in Haskell)
     Domain: 9m.no, Score: 67, Comments: 27
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/E0NoYv
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/n4cyN5

   * Announce: JHC 0.8.1 IS OUT
     Domain: notanumber.net, Score: 66, Comments: 14
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/n6qAcf
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/wSMrva

   * Haskell for Mac OS X, self-contained relocatable GHC builds
     Domain: ghcformacosx.github.io, Score: 64, Comments: 35
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/CvsYC7
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/WcIBw5

   * Binary serialisation: better, stronger, faster (PDF, Duncan Coutts,
March 2014)
     Domain: code.haskell.org, Score: 63, Comments: 39
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/r4xShZ
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/xhJRbg

   * CS240h lecture notes
     Domain: scs.stanford.edu, Score: 61, Comments: 8
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/F39zHe
     On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/AQqrUj

   * Haskell-mode documentation
     Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 58, Comments: 28
     Original: [23] http://goo.gl/XzKMCk
     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/DZBQtO

   * PSA: you can now visit status.haskell.org
     Domain: status.haskell.org, Score: 58, Comments: 19
     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/oRHfsn
     On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/Ye9YU2

   * Once more into the teach, dear friends
     Domain: serpentine.com, Score: 57, Comments: 11
     Original: [27] http://goo.gl/L8Csnm
     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/AyF2Fs

   * What Features Would You Like to Find in a Haskell IDE?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 57, Comments: 90
     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/Pvo32I
     On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/Pvo32I

   * Adventure with Types in Haskell - Simon Peyton Jones [1:33:36]
     Domain: youtu.be, Score: 57, Comments: 10
     Original: [31] http://goo.gl/L9wGWe
     On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/sL3u8i

   * Ars Technica has Haskell as one of three potential heirs to Fortran's
scientific computing throne
     Domain: arstechnica.com, Score: 56, Comments: 78
     Original: [33] http://goo.gl/lxWcdK
     On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/kCxUS9

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Why does Haskell's “do nothing” function, id, consume tons of memory?
     votes: 72, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/8awkSk

   * Are Ana-/Catamorphisms just slower?
     votes: 29, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/wcmkQw

   * Code becomes slower as more boxed arrays are allocated
     votes: 22, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/qfKo2a

   * Which part of Real World Haskell is now obsolete or considered bad
practise?
     votes: 22, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/EtT51x

Until next time,
[39]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. https://gist.github.com/quchen/5280339
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2516e4/haskell_is_welcoming_and_troll_resistent_just/
   3.
http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/april/april28_awodeygrant.html
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24rs73/75m_dod_grant_to_develop_homotopy_type_theory/
   5. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/94/
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2641x0/understanding_the_stack/
   7. http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.3.elm
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/261abs/elm_0123_efficient_3d_rendering_with_webgl/
   9.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/
  11. http://blog.ezyang.com/2014/05/parsec-try-a-or-b-considered-harmful/
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ulsv/ezyang_try_a_b_considered_harmful/
  13. http://9m.no/
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/267evu/9m_url_shortener_written_in_haskell/
  15. http://notanumber.net/archives/178/jhc-haskell-0-8-1-released
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25o33n/announce_jhc_081_is_out/
  17. http://ghcformacosx.github.io/
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/26bx5n/haskell_for_mac_os_x_selfcontained_relocatable/
  19. http://code.haskell.org/~duncan/binary-experiment/binary.pdf
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ch8v/binary_serialisation_better_stronger_faster_pdf/
  21. http://www.scs.stanford.edu/14sp-cs240h/slides/
  22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25i99i/cs240h_lecture_notes/
  23. http://chrisdone.com/posts/haskell-mode-docs
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2583sm/haskellmode_documentation/
  25. http://status.haskell.org/
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2653kp/psa_you_can_now_visit_statushaskellorg/
  27.
http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2014/05/13/once-more-into-the-teach-dear-friends/
  28.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25iqk7/once_more_into_the_teach_dear_friends/
  29.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/
  31. http://youtu.be/6COvD8oynmI
  32.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25vj62/adventure_with_types_in_haskell_simon_peyton/
  33.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-coding-language-top-a-1950s-behemoth/
  34.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/250558/ars_technica_has_haskell_as_one_of_three/
  35.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23746852/why-does-haskells-do-nothing-function-id-consume-tons-of-memory
  36.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23664197/are-ana-catamorphisms-just-slower
  37.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23462004/code-becomes-slower-as-more-boxed-arrays-are-allocated
  38.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23727768/which-part-of-real-world-haskell-is-now-obsolete-or-considered-bad-practise
  39. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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