[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 234

Thu Jul 5 16:57:42 CEST 2012

Welcome to issue 234 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of June 24 to 30, 2012.

Quotes of the Week

   * monochrom: shae ericsson is shae erisson's evil twin who prefers
                erlang to haskell :)

   * shapr: If I were to do this in Python, it would be done by now. and
            it would be full of bugs.

Top Reddit Stories

   * Performance: yes, it’s worth looking at the small stuff
     Domain: serpentine.com, Score: 61, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/x2pGf
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/SHBNB

   * Awesome Haskell plugins for Vim!
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 61, Comments: 32
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/Bm6wI
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/Bm6wI

   * Galois is Hiring!
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 56, Comments: 7
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/c7zj8
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/y7nBd

   * Haskell Symposium 2012 list of accepted papers
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 43, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/Fq0rD
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/CGZV3

   * Live coding the game of Sokoban with GUI.
     Please give me your input for future sessions.
     Domain: youtu.be, Score: 42, Comments: 38
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/HslD9
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/0ZeMA

   * Mirrored Lenses
     Domain: comonad.com, Score: 36, Comments: 30
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/UyGco
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/9ltWW

   * The Game of Distributed Systems Programming. Which Level Are You?
     Incubaid Research
     Domain: blog.incubaid.com, Score: 30, Comments: 7
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/EYWj7
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/P0vhZ

   * SugarHaskell: language extensions in sugar modules[pdf]
     Domain: informatik.uni-marburg.de, Score: 27, Comments: 7
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/Z4fL5
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/I78Md

   * parallel cabal-install patches
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 26, Comments: 4
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/Yr1JR
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/P9WPK

   * Is anybody using Sublime Text for their Haskell editing?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 19, Comments: 16
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/pmor9
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/pmor9

   * Runge–Kutta in Haskell (RK4)
     Domain: stochastix.wordpress.com, Score: 19, Comments: 7
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/9Bd2b
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/H27Fv

   * How to build an example proxy server using conduit 0.5
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 19, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/BHLRd
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/PtOxh

   * Found myself wanting lambda-case again
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 16, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/LIOKa
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/LIOKa

   * What is the advantage of monad transformers over monad coproducts?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 16, Comments: 28
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/lxX2D
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/lxX2D

   * Elm 0.3.5: JavaScript Integration, Signal Filters, space savings, ...
     Domain: testblogpleaseignore.com, Score: 15, Comments: 2
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/jTwAz
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/UzoZL

   * Scribd's AI Challenge Now Supports Haskell
     Domain: groups.google.com, Score: 14, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [31] http://goo.gl/xmuwG
     Original: [32] http://goo.gl/oQsTG

   * EclipseFP: integrating stylish-haskell
     Domain: jpmoresmau.blogspot.fr, Score: 11, Comments:
     On Reddit: [33] http://goo.gl/reK9T
     Original: [34] http://goo.gl/2416v

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Bug in Data.Map implementation?
     votes: 15, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/xcgC1

   * Monads with Join() instead of Bind()
     votes: 15, answers: 6
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/phgVU

   * Haskell numbers and type system?
     votes: 11, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/nv7Be

   * How to put constraints on the associated data?
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/6zOr9

   * How to run Snap haskell webapp in production?
     votes: 9, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/kx2DR

   * How can I search a hackage package for a function?
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/9fm4O

   * In Haskell, + is a function, (+ 2) is a function, (+ 2 3) is 5.
     What exactly is going on there?
     votes: 8, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/PP2X2

   * How can I emulate pointers in Haskell?
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/Yq01G

   * Haskell Precedence: Lambda and operator
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/X8yvV

   * Binding name in type signature using DataKind
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/rYcS8

   * Missing something with Reader monad - passing the damn thing
     around everywhere
     votes: 7, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/zQuBx

Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2012/06/25/yes-its-worth-looking-at-the-small-stuff/
   2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vkp8t/performance_yes_its_worth_looking_at_the_small/
   3. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vomw0/awesome_haskell_plugins_for_vim/
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vomw0/awesome_haskell_plugins_for_vim/
   5. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2012-June/101978.html
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vkwa6/galois_is_hiring/
   7. http://www.haskell.org/haskell-symposium/2012/#schedule
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vqjj5/haskell_symposium_2012_list_of_accepted_papers/
   9. http://youtu.be/mtvoOIsN-GU
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vkkqc/live_coding_the_game_of_sokoban_with_gui_please/
  11. http://comonad.com/reader/2012/mirrored-lenses/
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vk7fy/mirrored_lenses/
  13. http://blog.incubaid.com/2012/03/28/the-game-of-distributed-systems-programming-which-level-are-you/
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vnvnw/the_game_of_distributed_systems_programming_which/
  15. http://www.informatik.uni-marburg.de/~seba/projects/sugarj/sugarhaskell.pdf
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vtie8/sugarhaskell_language_extensions_in_sugar/
  17. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-ghc/2012-June/074131.html
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vmni7/parallel_cabalinstall_patches/
  19. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vqhke/is_anybody_using_sublime_text_for_their_haskell/
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vqhke/is_anybody_using_sublime_text_for_their_haskell/
  21. http://stochastix.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/runge-kutta-in-haskell/
  22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vtp5l/rungekutta_in_haskell_rk4/
  23. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/06/conduit-0-5
  24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vu5hf/how_to_build_an_example_proxy_server_using/
  25. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vu0bb/found_myself_wanting_lambdacase_again/
  26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vu0bb/found_myself_wanting_lambdacase_again/
  27. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vuty0/what_is_the_advantage_of_monad_transformers_over/
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vuty0/what_is_the_advantage_of_monad_transformers_over/
  29. http://www.testblogpleaseignore.com/2012/06/29/announcing-elm-0-3-5-javascript-integration-signal-filters-and-more/
  30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vu7z7/elm_035_javascript_integration_signal_filters/
  31. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/scribd-fruit-hunt/Uz5hmPxc-As
  32. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vpoza/scribds_ai_challenge_now_supports_haskell/
  33. http://jpmoresmau.blogspot.fr/2012/06/eclipsefp-integrating-stylish-haskell.html
  34. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/vsgog/eclipsefp_integrating_stylishhaskell/
  35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11180546/bug-in-data-map-implementation
  36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11234632/monads-with-join-instead-of-bind
  37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11231859/haskell-numbers-and-type-system
  38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11258536/how-to-put-constraints-on-the-associated-data
  39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11214167/how-to-run-snap-haskell-webapp-in-production
  40. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11199853/how-can-i-search-a-hackage-package-for-a-function
  41. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11217874/in-haskell-is-a-function-2-is-a-function-2-3-is-5-what-exactly-is
  42. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11222991/how-can-i-emulate-pointers-in-haskell
  43. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11237076/haskell-precedence-lambda-and-operator
  44. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11243227/binding-name-in-type-signature-using-datakind
  45. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11226338/missing-something-with-reader-monad-passing-the-damn-thing-around-everywhere