<div>   Welcome to issue 200 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in</div><div>   the Haskell community. This release covers the week of September 11 to</div><div>   17, 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>   You can find the HTML version of this issue at:</div>

<div>   <a href="http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/haskell-weekly-news-issue-200.html">http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/haskell-weekly-news-issue-200.html</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Announcements</div>

<div><br></div><div>   Chris Smith is exploring the interest of holding a Virtual</div><div>   Hackathon, using Google+ and a Wiki. Come check it out if you would be</div><div>   interested in being part of it!</div><div>

   [1] <a href="http://goo.gl/lWnea">http://goo.gl/lWnea</a></div><div><br></div><div>   Valentin Robert has completed Apprendre Haskell vous fera le plus</div><div>   grand bien!, a translation of Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! into</div>

<div>   French, and has also created a wiki page with basic information</div><div>   about Haskell for the French speaking world. Kudos to Valentin for his</div><div>   work on this project!</div><div>   [2] <a href="http://goo.gl/ixiXW">http://goo.gl/ixiXW</a></div>

<div>   [3] <a href="http://goo.gl/1CG7j">http://goo.gl/1CG7j</a></div><div><br></div><div>New and Updated Projects</div><div><br></div><div>   * netwire (Ertugrul Soeylemez; 1.2.5) Multiple major and minor</div><div>     changes.</div>

<div>     [4] <a href="http://goo.gl/DS4QR">http://goo.gl/DS4QR</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * webwire (Ertugrul Soeylemez; 0.1.0) An experimental web</div><div>     framework based on the functional reactive programming library</div>

<div>     netwire.</div><div>     [5] <a href="http://goo.gl/DS4QR">http://goo.gl/DS4QR</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * numerals (Roel van Dijk) Contains functions to convert numbers</div><div>     to words in a number of languages.</div>

<div>     [6] <a href="http://goo.gl/4YfhK">http://goo.gl/4YfhK</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * splaytree (Jehn Lato; 0.1) Provides splay tree based</div><div>     implementations of Sets, Seqs, and RangeSets.</div><div>

     [7] <a href="http://goo.gl/aQfX5">http://goo.gl/aQfX5</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * qrcode (Chris Yuen) Intended to be a full featured QR Code</div><div>     library with encoding and decoding and other advanced features.</div>

<div>     [8] <a href="http://goo.gl/pymtr">http://goo.gl/pymtr</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * haskdogs (Sergey Mironov; 0.1) Project-level ctag file</div><div>     generator.</div><div>     [9] <a href="http://goo.gl/SA6cx">http://goo.gl/SA6cx</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>Quotes of the Week</div><div><br></div><div>   * Jafet: Can oleg create a term so complicated that even he could not</div><div>     type-check it?</div><div><br></div><div>   * ion: let es = [&quot;vim&quot;, &quot;emacs&quot;, &quot;nano&quot;] in map </div>

<div>     (\e -&gt; intercalate &quot; and &quot; (delete e es) ++ &quot; suck, learn &quot; ++ e) es</div><div><br></div><div>   * cmccann: [on using SomeException] just catch all exceptions, then</div><div>     ignore them. it&#39;s the industry-proven way</div>

<div><br></div><div>   * kmc: une monade est comme une crepe. una monada es como un</div><div>     burrito. eine Monade ist wie ein Strudel.</div><div><br></div><div>   * dylukes: I learned PBMMPPULCDADMABRRRBBBLLTAAMMBBC. It&#39;s the</div>

<div>     operator precedence of C.</div><div><br></div><div>   * benmachine: ozataman: does it have a main, or a thing with type IO</div><div>     thing which looks sort of mainish?</div><div><br></div><div>Top Reddit Stories</div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Categorized Weaknesses from the State of Haskell 2011 Survey</div><div>     Domain: <a href="http://nickknowlson.com">nickknowlson.com</a>, Score: 72, Comments: 42</div><div>     On Reddit: [10] <a href="http://goo.gl/0h0K5">http://goo.gl/0h0K5</a></div>

<div>     Original: [11] <a href="http://goo.gl/DZB5V">http://goo.gl/DZB5V</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * Haskell B. Curry, born Sept. 12, 1900</div><div>     Domain: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia.org</a>, Score: 69, Comments: 17</div>

<div>     On Reddit: [12] <a href="http://goo.gl/FYP0F">http://goo.gl/FYP0F</a></div><div>     Original: [13] <a href="http://goo.gl/S520L">http://goo.gl/S520L</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * The Records problem in Haskell - help build a consensus about how to fix it, finally</div>

<div>     Domain: <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org">hackage.haskell.org</a>, Score: 59, Comments: 132</div><div>     On Reddit: [14] <a href="http://goo.gl/8cZnI">http://goo.gl/8cZnI</a></div><div>     Original: [15] <a href="http://goo.gl/VuVoQ">http://goo.gl/VuVoQ</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Wrriten in Haskell: The Dynamic Scheduling System for the Green Bank Telescope</div><div>     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 51, Comments: 4</div><div>     On Reddit: [16] <a href="http://goo.gl/vaD3C">http://goo.gl/vaD3C</a></div>

<div>     Original: [17] <a href="http://goo.gl/vaD3C">http://goo.gl/vaD3C</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * Announcing: Sirkel, a Haskell implementation of the Chord DHT with fault tolerance and replication!</div><div>     Domain: <a href="http://mortenlysgaard.com">mortenlysgaard.com</a>, Score: 36, Comments: 1</div>

<div>     On Reddit: [18] <a href="http://goo.gl/VNpSv">http://goo.gl/VNpSv</a></div><div>     Original: [19] <a href="http://goo.gl/05NIn">http://goo.gl/05NIn</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * Not going to ICFP? Here&#39;s an excuse for you</div>

<div>     Domain: <a href="http://ro-che.info">ro-che.info</a>, Score: 30, Comments: 5</div><div>     On Reddit: [20] <a href="http://goo.gl/ABvsq">http://goo.gl/ABvsq</a></div><div>     Original: [21] <a href="http://goo.gl/uI2Mj">http://goo.gl/uI2Mj</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Announce: Yesod 0.9.2 - Everything Just Works</div><div>     Domain: <a href="http://yesodweb.com">yesodweb.com</a>, Score: 24, Comments: 2</div><div>     On Reddit: [22] <a href="http://goo.gl/izCme">http://goo.gl/izCme</a></div>

<div>     Original: [23] <a href="http://goo.gl/H0bLr">http://goo.gl/H0bLr</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * A play in one act</div><div>     Domain: <a href="http://hpaste.org">hpaste.org</a>, Score: 24, Comments: 17</div>

<div>     On Reddit: [24] <a href="http://goo.gl/OLncN">http://goo.gl/OLncN</a></div><div>     Original: [25] <a href="http://goo.gl/lcssv">http://goo.gl/lcssv</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * HaTeX 3 - New version of the Haskell LaTeX library.</div>

<div>     Domain: <a href="http://deltadiaz.blogspot.com">deltadiaz.blogspot.com</a>, Score: 20, Comments: 6</div><div>     On Reddit: [26] <a href="http://goo.gl/AgAOp">http://goo.gl/AgAOp</a></div><div>     Original: [27] <a href="http://goo.gl/4z7nJ">http://goo.gl/4z7nJ</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Open Quark: Another haskell like language on JVM. Much more older and mature than Frege. Yet unknown and forgotten.</div><div>     Domain: <a href="http://openquark.org">openquark.org</a>, Score: 19, Comments: 6</div>

<div>     On Reddit: [28] <a href="http://goo.gl/6Lfx6">http://goo.gl/6Lfx6</a></div><div>     Original: [29] <a href="http://goo.gl/BI0mC">http://goo.gl/BI0mC</a></div><div><br></div><div>Top StackOverflow Questions</div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Proving “no corruption” in Haskell</div><div>     votes: 17, answers: 3</div><div>     Read on SO: [30] <a href="http://goo.gl/Xclnk">http://goo.gl/Xclnk</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * How to handle feature requests that add new package dependencies</div>

<div>     votes: 13, answers: 3</div><div>     Read on SO: [31] <a href="http://goo.gl/Gw6HQ">http://goo.gl/Gw6HQ</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * Left and Right Folding over an Infinite list</div><div>     votes: 12, answers: 4</div>

<div>     Read on SO: [32] <a href="http://goo.gl/YKHlB">http://goo.gl/YKHlB</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * Shorter way to write this code</div><div>     votes: 11, answers: 6</div><div>     Read on SO: [33] <a href="http://goo.gl/7ZmBZ">http://goo.gl/7ZmBZ</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Can&#39;t link OpenCL on Windows with GHC</div><div>     votes: 10, answers: 1</div><div>     Read on SO: [34] <a href="http://goo.gl/AnvJo">http://goo.gl/AnvJo</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * What&#39;s the point of &#39;const&#39; in the Haskell Prelude?</div>

<div>     votes: 10, answers: 4</div><div>     Read on SO: [35] <a href="http://goo.gl/g04xE">http://goo.gl/g04xE</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * Haskell functional dependency conflict</div><div>     votes: 9, answers: 2</div>

<div>     Read on SO: [36] <a href="http://goo.gl/ksmM0">http://goo.gl/ksmM0</a></div><div><br></div><div>   * DatatypeContexts Deprecated in Latest GHC: Why?</div><div>     votes: 9, answers: 2</div><div>     Read on SO: [37] <a href="http://goo.gl/R03pa">http://goo.gl/R03pa</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>   * Clojure equivalent of Haskell&#39;s “Scrap Your Boilerplate” (SYB)</div><div>     votes: 8, answers: 1</div><div>     Read on SO: [38] <a href="http://goo.gl/R6NoS">http://goo.gl/R6NoS</a></div><div>

<br></div><div>   * Why using functions defined in the same module faster than the same function defined in another?</div><div>     votes: 8, answers: 2</div><div>     Read on SO: [39] <a href="http://goo.gl/qAjCk">http://goo.gl/qAjCk</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>   * repeatedly applying a function until the result is stable</div><div>     votes: 8, answers: 4</div><div>     Read on SO: [40] <a href="http://goo.gl/NlP4u">http://goo.gl/NlP4u</a></div><div><br></div>

<div>About the Haskell Weekly News</div><div><br></div><div>   To help create new editions of this newsletter, please send stories to</div><div>   <a href="mailto:dstcruz@gmail.com">dstcruz@gmail.com</a>.</div><div><br></div>

<div>   Until next time,</div><div>   Daniel Santa Cruz</div><div><br></div><div>References</div><div><br></div><div>   1. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92438">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92438</a></div>

<div>   2. <a href="http://lyah.haskell.fr/">http://lyah.haskell.fr/</a></div><div>   3. <a href="http://haskell.fr/">http://haskell.fr/</a></div><div>   4. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92414">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92414</a></div>

<div>   5. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92414">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92414</a></div><div>   6. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92426">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92426</a></div>

<div>   7. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18934">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18934</a></div><div>   8. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92433">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92433</a></div>

<div>   9. <a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92353">http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92353</a></div><div>  10. <a href="http://nickknowlson.com/blog/2011/09/12/haskell-survey-categorized-weaknesses/">http://nickknowlson.com/blog/2011/09/12/haskell-survey-categorized-weaknesses/</a></div>

<div>  11. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kd2ky/categorized_weaknesses_from_the_state_of_haskell/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kd2ky/categorized_weaknesses_from_the_state_of_haskell/</a></div>

<div>  12. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry</a></div><div>  13. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kcq8m/haskell_b_curry_born_sept_12_1900/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kcq8m/haskell_b_curry_born_sept_12_1900/</a></div>

<div>  14. <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Records">http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Records</a></div><div>  15. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kgd4g/the_records_problem_in_haskell_help_build_a/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kgd4g/the_records_problem_in_haskell_help_build_a/</a></div>

<div>  16. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ke3ho/wrriten_in_haskell_the_dynamic_scheduling_system/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ke3ho/wrriten_in_haskell_the_dynamic_scheduling_system/</a></div>

<div>  17. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ke3ho/wrriten_in_haskell_the_dynamic_scheduling_system/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ke3ho/wrriten_in_haskell_the_dynamic_scheduling_system/</a></div>

<div>  18. <a href="http://mortenlysgaard.com/?p=35">http://mortenlysgaard.com/?p=35</a></div><div>  19. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kilx4/announcing_sirkel_a_haskell_implementation_of_the/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kilx4/announcing_sirkel_a_haskell_implementation_of_the/</a></div>

<div>  20. <a href="http://ro-che.info/ccc/13.html">http://ro-che.info/ccc/13.html</a></div><div>  21. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kc4aa/not_going_to_icfp_heres_an_excuse_for_you/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kc4aa/not_going_to_icfp_heres_an_excuse_for_you/</a></div>

<div>  22. <a href="http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/09/yesod-0.9.2">http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/09/yesod-0.9.2</a></div><div>  23. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kc6h2/announce_yesod_092_everything_just_works/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kc6h2/announce_yesod_092_everything_just_works/</a></div>

<div>  24. <a href="http://hpaste.org/51474">http://hpaste.org/51474</a></div><div>  25. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kixek/a_play_in_one_act/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kixek/a_play_in_one_act/</a></div>

<div>  26. <a href="http://deltadiaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/hatex-3-previous-notes.html">http://deltadiaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/hatex-3-previous-notes.html</a></div><div>  27. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kflnp/hatex_3_new_version_of_the_haskell_latex_library/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kflnp/hatex_3_new_version_of_the_haskell_latex_library/</a></div>

<div>  28. <a href="http://openquark.org/Welcome.html">http://openquark.org/Welcome.html</a></div><div>  29. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kgtxm/open_quark_another_haskell_like_language_on_jvm/">http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kgtxm/open_quark_another_haskell_like_language_on_jvm/</a></div>

<div>  30. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7435363/proving-no-corruption-in-haskell">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7435363/proving-no-corruption-in-haskell</a></div><div>  31. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7436939/how-to-handle-feature-requests-that-add-new-package-dependencies">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7436939/how-to-handle-feature-requests-that-add-new-package-dependencies</a></div>

<div>  32. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7396978/left-and-right-folding-over-an-infinite-list">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7396978/left-and-right-folding-over-an-infinite-list</a></div><div>  33. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7453744/shorter-way-to-write-this-code">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7453744/shorter-way-to-write-this-code</a></div>

<div>  34. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7391634/cant-link-opencl-on-windows-with-ghc">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7391634/cant-link-opencl-on-windows-with-ghc</a></div><div>  35. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7402528/whats-the-point-of-const-in-the-haskell-prelude">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7402528/whats-the-point-of-const-in-the-haskell-prelude</a></div>

<div>  36. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7436109/haskell-functional-dependency-conflict">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7436109/haskell-functional-dependency-conflict</a></div><div>  37. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7438600/datatypecontexts-deprecated-in-latest-ghc-why">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7438600/datatypecontexts-deprecated-in-latest-ghc-why</a></div>

<div>  38. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7376572/clojure-equivalent-of-haskells-scrap-your-boilerplate-syb">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7376572/clojure-equivalent-of-haskells-scrap-your-boilerplate-syb</a></div>

<div>  39. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7401724/why-using-functions-defined-in-the-same-module-faster-than-the-same-function-defi">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7401724/why-using-functions-defined-in-the-same-module-faster-than-the-same-function-defi</a></div>

<div>  40. <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7442892/repeatedly-applying-a-function-until-the-result-is-stable">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7442892/repeatedly-applying-a-function-until-the-result-is-stable</a></div>