[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 197
Daniel Santa Cruz
dstcruz at gmail.com
Thu Sep 1 00:33:10 CEST 2011
Welcome to issue 197 the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in the
Haskell community. This release covers the week of August 21 to 27,
2011.
[1] http://goo.gl/8hDku
Announcements
Liyang HU announced HakkaTaikai, a Haskell hackathon in Tokyo, on
Sunday September 25th, 2011.
[2] http://goo.gl/tJ4F4
Qiuchi Jian wondered if anyone would be interested in joining him in
translating the 2010 Haskell Report into Chinese.
[3] http://goo.gl/QDdeF
Johan Tibell announced the results of this year's "State of Haskell"
survey.
[4] http://goo.gl/26Evg
New and Updated Projects
* network-address (New - Sebastian Nowicki) Provides data
structures for IP addresses as well as subnetworks.
[5] http://goo.gl/LTuUK
* shelltestrunner (Update - Simon Michael) Tests command-line
programs or arbitrary shell commands.
[6] http://goo.gl/uKHMo
* netwire (Update - Ertugrul Soeylemez) An arrowized functional
reactive programming library written with networking applications
in mind.
[7] http://goo.gl/yM0hy
* instinct (New - Ertugrul Soeylemez) Library for neural networks.
[8] http://goo.gl/yM0hy
Quotes of the Week
* elliott: i'm here to prove theorems and compile code and I'm all
out of code
* shachaf: To deepSeq is a fundamental right
* djahandarie: I wonder if De Bruijn was any good at remembering
names.
* JaffaCake: In the beginning there were 8 registers, and That Was
Enough For Everyone.
* frezik: "The compiler accepted it, why can't you?"
* Cale: the units of the monoids in the algebras for the monoid monad
* _Ray_: fucking hell, math and cs need to stop having awesome
interesting things. it's ruining my life.
* accel: next time I'll read a few research papers before I start
trolling hakell
* ddarius: isJust :: Maybe a -> Bool; isJust = unsafeCoerce
Top Reddit Stories
* Interested in a 2nd edition of "Real World Haskell"?
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 130, Comments: 33
On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/fNS6P
Original: [10] http://goo.gl/fNS6P
* GHC on ARM: Merged into GHC HEAD
Domain: ghcarm.wordpress.com, Score: 78, Comments: 7
On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/BvFvX
Original: [12] http://goo.gl/ZKDYx
* Why Haskell is Kinda Cool
Domain: amtal.github.com, Score: 56, Comments: 27
On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/9ealD
Original: [14] http://goo.gl/0AJIn
* Haskell for Kids: Week 2!
Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 55, Comments: 20
On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/0Qm5z
Original: [16] http://goo.gl/DzdUy
* Results from the State of Haskell, 2011 Survey
Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 54, Comments: 18
On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/BAQye
Original: [18] http://goo.gl/l6sc1
* PyPy: We need Software Transactional Memory
Domain: morepypy.blogspot.com, Score: 49, Comments: 2
On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/6dPjT
Original: [20] http://goo.gl/kNCma
* mmmodularity! - A modular package language for Haskell
Domain: skilpat.tumblr.com, Score: 48, Comments: 8
On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/6dfSf
Original: [22] http://goo.gl/os9IJ
* A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus
Domain: utdallas.edu, Score: 34, Comments: 9
On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/OtPrs
Original: [24] http://goo.gl/zTIx4
* Functional representation of Rubik's cube
Domain: pnyf.inf.elte.hu, Score: 30, Comments: 3
On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/TMOnc
Original: [26] http://goo.gl/EoYbu
* monad-control, for more flexible transformers
Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 27, Comments: 14
On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/XF6GZ
Original: [28] http://goo.gl/ijd6V
* A different haskell emacs mode (work in progress)
Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 26, Comments: 5
On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/lfmxF
Original: [30] http://goo.gl/7qvho
Top StackOverflow Questions
* Haskell: How does non-strict and lazy differ?
votes: 25, answers: 5
Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/2KJVY
* forall in Scala
votes: 18, answers: 5
Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/ejOwF
* What is the name of this monad-like functional programming pattern?
votes: 16, answers: 1
Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/Rv1BC
* Is (reverse . f . reverse) efficient?
votes: 11, answers: 4
Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/U7qLu
* Haskell Space Overflow
votes: 8, answers: 4
Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/5uBY2
* How to write recursive lambda expression in Haskell?
votes: 8, answers: 2
Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/TokK2
* Is the random number generator in Haskell thread-safe?
votes: 8, answers: 4
Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/ERVpl
* How can I create a tuple where each of the members are compared
by an expression?
votes: 7, answers: 5
Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/BiUpC
* Haskell cartesian product of infinite lists
votes: 7, answers: 4
Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/DC9M5
* How to implement a generic hierarchy of structures with injected
functionality
votes: 7, answers: 6
Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/IoMT6
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Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz
References
1. http://haskell.org/
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10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jtdrz/interested_in_a_2nd_edition_of_real_world_haskell/
11. http://ghcarm.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/current-status-merged-into-ghc-head/
12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jwgxj/ghc_on_arm_merged_into_ghc_head/
13. http://amtal.github.com/2011/08/25/why-haskell-is-kinda-cool.html
14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/juemg/why_haskell_is_kinda_cool/
15. http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/haskell-for-kids-week-2/
16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/js4kd/haskell_for_kids_week_2/
17. http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/08/results-from-state-of-haskell-2011.html
18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jqfey/results_from_the_state_of_haskell_2011_survey/
19. http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/08/we-need-software-transactional-memory.html
20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jrprb/pypy_we_need_software_transactional_memory/
21. http://skilpat.tumblr.com/post/9411500320/a-modular-package-language-for-haskell
22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jvlrw/mmmodularity_a_modular_package_language_for/
23. http://www.utdallas.edu/~gupta/courses/apl/lambda.pdf
24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jt0m1/a_tutorial_introduction_to_the_lambda_calculus/
25. http://pnyf.inf.elte.hu:8000/Rubik_en.xml
26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jwfz2/functional_representation_of_rubiks_cube/
27. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/08/monad-control
28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jtuk9/monadcontrol_for_more_flexible_transformers/
29. http://chrisdone.com/posts/2011-08-21-haskell-emacs.html
30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/js3sm/a_different_haskell_emacs_mode_work_in_progress/
31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7140978/haskell-how-does-non-strict-and-lazy-differ
32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7213676/forall-in-scala
33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7135540/what-is-the-name-of-this-monad-like-functional-programming-pattern
34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7152183/is-reverse-f-reverse-efficient
35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7140732/haskell-space-overflow
36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7141229/how-to-write-recursive-lambda-expression-in-haskell
37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7153255/is-the-random-number-generator-in-haskell-thread-safe
38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7136921/how-can-i-create-a-tuple-where-each-of-the-members-are-compared-by-an-expression
39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7141287/haskell-cartesian-product-of-infinite-lists
40. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7157841/how-to-implement-a-generic-hierarchy-of-structures-with-injected-functionality
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