[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 236

Thu Jul 19 04:48:03 CEST 2012

Welcome to issue 236 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of July 8 to 14, 2012.

Quotes of the Week

   * RichardBuckminsterFuller: When I am working on a problem, I never
     think about beauty. But when I have finished, if the solution is
     not beautiful, I know that it is wrong.

   * Taneb: I'm doing the thing that every bored haskeller does one day
     and rewriting Prelude

Top Reddit Stories

   * Haskell Performance Patterns
     Domain: johantibell.com, Score: 71, Comments: 34
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/gZkMB
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/2rj4t

   * Code Us Some Roguelike in Haskell!
     Domain: jamiltron.com, Score: 55, Comments: 19
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/VYOx1
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/OOiSG

   * I never tested this code before releasing it
     Confession of a Haskell Hacker
     Domain: r6.ca, Score: 51, Comments: 48
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/EBfT7
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/9zA0u

   * Breaking from a loop
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 37, Comments: 19
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/yqxqg
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/NtI8j

   * The Classy Prelude, an alternate prelude which makes it easier
     to use conflicting names via typeclasses, and thereby encourages
     usage of more powerful libraries like text and unordered-containers.
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 35, Comments: 46
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/cZKM5
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/70d6R

   * The Long and Epic Journey of LambdaCase
     Domain: unknownparallel.wordpress.com, Score: 33, Comments: 52
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/EAVXs
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/ymkGy

   * How is this fibonacci-function memoized?
     Domain: stackoverflow.com, Score: 33, Comments: 1
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/lo3LD
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/wwHQb

   * errors-1.0: Simplified error handling
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 30, Comments: 31
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/tKzP1
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/O10hN

   * Influenced by Haskell
     Domain: griffsgraphs.com, Score: 30, Comments: 29
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/6ptoi
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/Nrz7K

   * Experience Report: Haskell in Computational Biology
     (Daniels, Gallant, Ramsey)[pdf 7 pp]
     Domain: eecs.tufts.edu, Score: 30, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/XsvMK
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/TUdnL

   * == for Float not referentially transparent
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 23, Comments: 51
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/6qZ1J
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/DR9TE

   * My second attempt at writing Haskell
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 21, Comments: 27
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/i7u3p
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/i7u3p

   * Announcing split-channel « Melding Monads
     Domain: blog.melding-monads.com, Score: 20, Comments: 16
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/XwHdl
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/oh5Ce

   * Deriving the Y combinator from first principles
     Domain: wellnowwhat.net, Score: 18, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/5uxYN
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/Q76lk

   * Announcing WAI 1.3!
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 18, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/QD769
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/mQFBK

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * How is this fibonacci-function memoized?
     votes: 43, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/MGjr3

   * What is the combinatory logic equivalent of intuitionistic type theory?
     votes: 39, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/ki9nT

   * Does Haskell have return type overloading?
     votes: 15, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/sBGWj

   * Is there a way to avoid unnecessary recursion?
     votes: 12, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/Gk39e

   * Using vectors for performance improvement in Haskell
     votes: 12, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/74KOH

   * Eliminate Haskell array bounds check for Bounded type?
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/CHDtJ

   * Having my cereal and parsing it too
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/1SG24

   * How does HOpenGL behave with regards to other threads and
     TChans in Haskell?
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/dmoqc

   * Number of arguments and point-free in Haskell
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/8Z0B2

   * Haskell: Design pattern: classes or pass functions
     votes: 7, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/EO7tr

   * Haskell — sort list with impure function
     votes: 7, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/o9kbc

Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://johantibell.com/files/haskell-performance-patterns.html#%281%29
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wjtms/haskell_performance_patterns/
   3. http://jamiltron.com/2012/07/Code_Us_Some_Roguelike_in_Haskell.html
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wd6p3/code_us_some_roguelike_in_haskell/
   5. http://r6.ca/blog/20120708T122219Z.html
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/w7zd8/i_never_tested_this_code_before_releasing_it/
   7. http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/07/breaking-from-loop.html
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wfwyt/breaking_from_a_loop/
   9. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/07/classy-prelude
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wfiao/the_classy_prelude_an_alternate_prelude_which/
  11.
http://unknownparallel.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/the-long-and-epic-journey-of-lambdacase-2/
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wbb69/the_long_and_epic_journey_of_lambdacase/
  13. http://stackoverflow.com/q/11466284/1288
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/whx2k/how_is_this_fibonaccifunction_memoized/
  15.
http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/07/errors-10-simplified-error-handling.html
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/w7xrv/errors10_simplified_error_handling/
  17. http://griffsgraphs.com/2012/07/01/programming-languages-influences/
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/w9npe/influenced_by_haskell/
  19.
http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~ndaniels/Noah_files/mrfy_experience_report.pdf
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wf6xe/experience_report_haskell_in_computational/
  21.
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2012-July/022568.html
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wbsd3/for_float_not_referentially_transparent/
  23.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/walg1/my_second_attempt_at_writing_haskell/
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/walg1/my_second_attempt_at_writing_haskell/
  25. http://blog.melding-monads.com/2012/07/10/announcing-split-channel/
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wdhf1/announcing_splitchannel_melding_monads/
  27. http://www.wellnowwhat.net/blog/?p=485
  28.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wd5rb/deriving_the_y_combinator_from_first_principles/
  29. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/07/announcing-wai-1-3
  30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/wih94/announcing_wai_13/
  31.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11466284/how-is-this-fibonacci-function-memoized
  32.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11406786/what-is-the-combinatory-logic-equivalent-of-intuitionistic-type-theory
  33.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11420126/does-haskell-have-return-type-overloading
  34.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11454936/is-there-a-way-to-avoid-unnecessary-recursion
  35.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11481675/using-vectors-for-performance-improvement-in-haskell
  36.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11411797/eliminate-haskell-array-bounds-check-for-bounded-type
  37.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11424961/having-my-cereal-and-parsing-it-too
  38.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11443824/how-does-hopengl-behave-with-regards-to-other-threads-and-tchans-in-haskell
  39.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11487171/number-of-arguments-and-point-free-in-haskell
  40.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11423749/haskell-design-pattern-classes-or-pass-functions
  41.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11469806/haskell-sort-list-with-impure-function
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