[Haskell-cafe] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 309

Thu Oct 9 04:07:13 UTC 2014

Welcome to issue 309 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers
from September 28 to October 4, 2014

Quotes of the Week

   * Uh... I'ma have to read the IRC logs... No good quotes @remember'd

Top Reddit Stories

   * Announcing needle: ASCII-fied arrow notation
     Domain: scrambledeggsontoast.github.io, Score: 103, Comments: 119
     Original: [1] http://goo.gl/wCPh8K
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/UwTJSt

   * How we might abolish Cabal Hell, part 1
     Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 95, Comments: 69
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/N19hPq
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/CQQRF0

   * After some failed attempts to learn Parsec I came across this
incredibly
     patient tutorial and now I'm writing parsers!
     Domain: github.com, Score: 79, Comments: 17
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/msqtkb
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/p3EgqQ

   * Neil Mitchell's Haskell Blog: Why Traversable/Foldable should not be
     in the Prelude
     Domain: neilmitchell.blogspot.co.il, Score: 71, Comments: 289
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/sykNse
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/4wIxBX

   * Tutorial: Implementing highly efficient data structures with
     Monoids and Fingertrees
     Domain: codementor.io, Score: 47, Comments: 37
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/WB7Jwg
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/jGrLX1

   * There is No Haskell Topology
     Domain: immanence.org, Score: 45, Comments: 32
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/JAoEDw
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/wuuF4i

   * Introduction to Low Level Haskell Optimization - Dan Doel
     Domain: youtu.be, Score: 44, Comments: 2
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/vYS1Hy
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/dG9Pn5

   * Turn an optparse-applicative program into a CGI program!
     Domain: github.com, Score: 39, Comments: 10
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/sjCqsb
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/BXxeno

   * Yesod 1.4 released
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 36, Comments: 1
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/T5Vqe8
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/977ey0

   * Updating Auto-Update
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 36, Comments: 20
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/OwOrGZ
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/J2zr5n

   * Type-safe Routing for Spock Web Framework released
     Domain: github.com, Score: 32, Comments: 39
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/QZS9gU
     On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/BokvJ8

   * Lattice-Based Data Structures for Deterministic Parallel and
Distributed
     Programming (related to CRDTs; implementation in Haskell)
     Domain: composition.al, Score: 30, Comments: 9
     Original: [23] http://goo.gl/mVQqqX
     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/tZ0XrW

   * A non-recursive sorting algorithm
     Domain: haskellexists.blogspot.com, Score: 27, Comments: 36
     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/jD0z0K
     On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/3HpTBy

   * Dijkstra monads
     Domain: why-lambda.blogspot.co.uk, Score: 25, Comments: 4
     Original: [27] http://goo.gl/kx1Q6w
     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/C86igH

   * Improving Haskell-related documentation
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 23, Comments: 62
     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/rQeuUT
     On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/rQeuUT

   * Haskell, Monads and Purity • via Hacker News
     Domain: jelv.is, Score: 23, Comments: 11
     Original: [31] http://goo.gl/vm7juH
     On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/1P5OgF

   * FP Complete is hiring: Systems engineer for cloud and cluster work
     Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 21, Comments: 11
     Original: [33] http://goo.gl/MLT5Ud
     On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/Ql8uIX

   * The future of the haskell2010/haskell98 packages for GHC 7.10
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 21, Comments: 22
     Original: [35] http://goo.gl/94bnK3
     On Reddit: [36] http://goo.gl/0c80JU

   * ANN: Nomyx V0.7, the only game where you can change the rules
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 20, Comments: 7
     Original: [37] http://goo.gl/1gGtqb
     On Reddit: [38] http://goo.gl/1gGtqb

   * Let's Build a Browser Engine in Haskell: part 5
     Domain: hrothen.github.io, Score: 19, Comments: 6
     Original: [39] http://goo.gl/zzSF2D
     On Reddit: [40] http://goo.gl/9xzqdR

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * How fundamentaly different push-pull and arrowized FRP are?
     votes: 10, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/XbbbVW

   * What are hashes (#) used for in Haskell's library's source?
     votes: 10, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/mvNNlb

   * What is the inverse of a promise?
     votes: 9, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/usQIiW

   * Is there a default polymorphic unit type haskell
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/5Ozy9G

   * nvcc + c2hs on OS X 10.9.5
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/0XMNFu

   * How to sort a list using partial order in Haskell?
     votes: 7, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [46] http://goo.gl/GLMiwA

   * Relationship between forward and backward map in Isomorphism
     (Lens package)
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [47] http://goo.gl/icIdIR

   * How to implement a generic neural network efficiently in Haskell?
     votes: 6, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [48] http://goo.gl/HIHY8e

   * How do I unify two or more Signals in elerea?
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [49] http://goo.gl/jacb0r

   * Ambiguous type variable fixed with type equality constraint
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [50] http://goo.gl/JADmBj

Until next time,
[51]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://scrambledeggsontoast.github.io/2014/09/28/needle-announce/
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hpzpu/announcing_needle_asciified_arrow_notation/
   3.
http://www.well-typed.com/blog/2014/09/how-we-might-abolish-cabal-hell-part-1/
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hvm59/how_we_might_abolish_cabal_hell_part_1/
   5. https://github.com/JakeWheat/intro_to_parsing
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2ia5u2/after_some_failed_attempts_to_learn_parsec_i_came/
   7.
http://neilmitchell.blogspot.co.il/2014/10/why-traversablefoldable-should-not-be.html
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hzqii/neil_mitchells_haskell_blog_why/
   9.
https://www.codementor.io/haskell-tutorial/monoids-fingertrees-implement-abstract-data?utm_source=reddit-tutorial&utm_medium=tutorial&utm_term=haskell-tutorial-apfelmus&utm_content=tutorial&utm_campaign=reddit-tutorial
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i3ttm/tutorial_implementing_highly_efficient_data/
  11. http://immanence.org/post/there-is-no-haskell-topology/
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i85k7/there_is_no_haskell_topology/
  13. http://youtu.be/McFNkLPTOSY
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hy6cp/introduction_to_low_level_haskell_optimization/
  15. https://github.com/maxpow4h/webcloud#webcloud
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2huhrg/turn_an_optparseapplicative_program_into_a_cgi/
  17. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2014/09/announcing-yesod-1-4
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hvoxb/yesod_14_released/
  19. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2014/10/updating-auto-update
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i5d7m/updating_autoupdate/
  21. https://github.com/agrafix/Spock
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i2zfw/typesafe_routing_for_spock_web_framework_released/
  23. http://composition.al/blog/2014/09/29/my-thesis-defense-talk/
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i17zj/latticebased_data_structures_for_deterministic/
  25.
http://haskellexists.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-non-recursive-sorting-algorithm.html
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hsea9/a_nonrecursive_sorting_algorithm/
  27. http://why-lambda.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/dijkstra-monads.html
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hzu5b/dijkstra_monads/
  29.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i1z9u/improving_haskellrelated_documentation/
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i1z9u/improving_haskellrelated_documentation/
  31. http://jelv.is/blog/Haskell-Monads-and-Purity/
  32.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i8tnl/haskell_monads_and_purity_via_hacker_news/
  33. https://www.fpcomplete.com/page/systems-engineer
  34.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hz6ue/fp_complete_is_hiring_systems_engineer_for_cloud/
  35.
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2014-September/025280.html
  36.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i0bhr/the_future_of_the_haskell2010haskell98_packages/
  37.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hw529/ann_nomyx_v07_the_only_game_where_you_can_change/
  38.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2hw529/ann_nomyx_v07_the_only_game_where_you_can_change/
  39.
http://hrothen.github.io/2014/10/01/lets-build-a-browser-engine-in-haskell-part-5/
  40.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2i0wnr/lets_build_a_browser_engine_in_haskell_part_5/
  41.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26164135/how-fundamentaly-different-push-pull-and-arrowized-frp-are
  42.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26169990/what-are-hashes-used-for-in-haskells-librarys-source
  43.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26084439/what-is-the-inverse-of-a-promise
  44.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26097797/is-there-a-default-polymorphic-unit-type-haskell
  45. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26125870/nvcc-c2hs-on-os-x-10-9-5
  46.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26158233/how-to-sort-a-list-using-partial-order-in-haskell
  47.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26082221/relationship-between-forward-and-backward-map-in-isomorphism-lens-package
  48.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26092063/how-to-implement-a-generic-neural-network-efficiently-in-haskell
  49.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26104735/how-do-i-unify-two-or-more-signals-in-elerea
  50.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26146983/ambiguous-type-variable-fixed-with-type-equality-constraint
  51. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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