[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 298

Thu Jul 3 05:59:23 UTC 2014

Welcome to issue 298 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers
from June 15 to 28, 2014

Quotes of the Week

   * Kinnison * imagines a radio station playing only things like 'Life
     tru a Lens', stuff by 'Dire States' or 'Monadonna'

Top Reddit Stories

   * Today I published an introductory book on Haskell Data Analysis
     Domain: haskelldata.com, Score: 99, Comments: 26
     Original: [1] http://goo.gl/R2kRFu
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/Ka0oP5

   * Backpack: An ML-like module system for Haskell
     Domain: plv.mpi-sws.org, Score: 76, Comments: 44
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/7Zkxbg
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/78H37f

   * Cgrep, a context-aware grep for source code.
     Domain: awgn.github.io, Score: 67, Comments: 13
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/q1VdEA
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/2NNTrO

   * Teenage Haskell
     Domain: twdkz.wordpress.com, Score: 63, Comments: 7
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/cvJ0ap
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/aISHlG

   * GHC 7.10 gains -XBinaryLiterals language syntax extensions
     Domain: github.com, Score: 63, Comments: 14
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/qfWvAg
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/NOVgme

   * Haskelier - Haskell for the Advanced Layman
     Domain: haskelier.tumblr.com, Score: 59, Comments: 26
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/pLsRB1
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/5HBSWD

   * Barely Functional: Writing a Real Program in Haskell
     Domain: ben.kirw.in, Score: 57, Comments: 36
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/4yWLuL
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/B1LX8f

   * hmatrix 0.16 now BSD3 and with static dimension checking
     Domain: github.com, Score: 51, Comments: 10
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/C5zKzk
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/A94AkD

   * Formatting: type-safe printf-like library by chrisdone
     Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 51, Comments: 24
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/DHM0Yn
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/zUQN02

   * Haskell 2014 accepted papers, with links (pull requests welcome)
     Domain: github.com, Score: 50, Comments: 5
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/B2f434
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/XSmJGo

   * Real World Haskell - Outdated Parts?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 50, Comments: 12
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/5YhIOT
     On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/5YhIOT

   * I'm trying my hardest to learn this language and only get more and
     more discouraged.
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 48, Comments: 111
     Original: [23] http://goo.gl/9vuPBe
     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/9vuPBe

   * Using f-algebras to produce a statically typed
     functional programming language
     Domain: burz.github.io, Score: 47, Comments: 19
     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/9YCz4k
     On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/DvWBPS

   * 'ghc-make' released
     Domain: neilmitchell.blogspot.de, Score: 47, Comments: 19
     Original: [27] http://goo.gl/JlMS1a
     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/kO2FQP

   * A simple alternative to De Bruijn indexing, from ICFP 2013
     Domain: pchiusano.io, Score: 46, Comments: 24
     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/7PBIM2
     On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/PGmQ6W

   * Haskoin: A Haskell implementation of the Bitcoin protocol.
     Domain: github.com, Score: 44, Comments: 0
     Original: [31] http://goo.gl/n0eCEI
     On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/bvsE24

   * What is the state of "The JavaScript Problem"? What is the currently
     preferred way to solve in a real world application?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 42, Comments: 55
     Original: [33] http://goo.gl/dIww4i
     On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/dIww4i

   * ANNOUNCE: STM-Containers. A hash map and hash set for STM
     Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 41, Comments: 13
     Original: [35] http://goo.gl/6nuWAc
     On Reddit: [36] http://goo.gl/rAzIYr

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Why does flooring infinity does not throw some error?
     votes: 14, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/f7gUB8

   * How long can the name of a type constructor be?
     votes: 12, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/mGiblp

   * Difference between $ and ()
     votes: 11, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/lTB24e

   * Need advice on optimising Haskell data processing
     votes: 11, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/NnEqgn

   * Reconciling lens usage with database access
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/Zczjjf

   * Why constraints on data are a bad thing?
     votes: 11, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/l0WXtP

   * Can I use template haskell to define missing functions?
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/AFFS2T

   * Is there a reason we can't populate types with DataKinds?
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/1gpZej

   * Why is a built-in function applied to too few arguments considered to
     be in weak head normal form?
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/6iFG8a

Until next time,
[46]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://haskelldata.com/
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/296l80/today_i_published_an_introductory_book_on_haskell/
   3. http://plv.mpi-sws.org/backpack/
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28v6c9/backpack_an_mllike_module_system_for_haskell/
   5. http://awgn.github.io/cgrep/
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28moo0/cgrep_a_contextaware_grep_for_source_code/
   7. http://twdkz.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/teenage-haskell/
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/29abyz/teenage_haskell/
   9.
https://github.com/ghc/ghc/commit/1c0b5fdc9f2b6ea8166cc565383d4cd20432343c
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/29b2jj/ghc_710_gains_xbinaryliterals_language_syntax/
  11. http://haskelier.tumblr.com/
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28d7ma/haskelier_haskell_for_the_advanced_layman/
  13. http://ben.kirw.in/2014/06/24/barely-functional-1-rlp/
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28zwoc/barely_functional_writing_a_real_program_in/
  15. https://github.com/albertoruiz/hmatrix
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28peug/hmatrix_016_now_bsd3_and_with_static_dimension/
  17. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/formatting
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/291wel/formatting_typesafe_printflike_library_by/
  19. https://github.com/yallop/haskell2014-papers
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28yu1f/haskell_2014_accepted_papers_with_links_pull/
  21.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2938yb/real_world_haskell_outdated_parts/
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2938yb/real_world_haskell_outdated_parts/
  23.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/288egd/im_trying_my_hardest_to_learn_this_language_and/
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/288egd/im_trying_my_hardest_to_learn_this_language_and/
  25. http://burz.github.io/2014/06/15/feval.html
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28rbwr/using_falgebras_to_produce_a_statically_typed/
  27. http://neilmitchell.blogspot.de/2014/06/announcing-ghc-make.html
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28tttf/ghcmake_released/
  29. http://pchiusano.io/2014-06-20/simple-debruijn-alternative.html
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28vfd0/a_simple_alternative_to_de_bruijn_indexing_from/
  31. https://github.com/haskoin/haskoin
  32.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28y454/haskoin_a_haskell_implementation_of_the_bitcoin/
  33.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28o7my/what_is_the_state_of_the_javascript_problem_what/
  34.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/28o7my/what_is_the_state_of_the_javascript_problem_what/
  35. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/stm-containers
  36.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/295lbr/announce_stmcontainers_a_hash_map_and_hash_set/
  37.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24338673/why-does-flooring-infinity-does-not-throw-some-error
  38.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24335869/how-long-can-the-name-of-a-type-constructor-be
  39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24271129/difference-between-and
  40.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24278006/need-advice-on-optimising-haskell-data-processing
  41.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24462070/reconciling-lens-usage-with-database-access
  42.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24465586/why-constraints-on-data-are-a-bad-thing
  43.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24233346/can-i-use-template-haskell-to-define-missing-functions
  44.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24439618/is-there-a-reason-we-cant-populate-types-with-datakinds
  45.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24447324/why-is-a-built-in-function-applied-to-too-few-arguments-considered-to-be-in-weak
  46. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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