[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 194

Daniel Santa Cruz dstcruz at gmail.com
Thu Aug 11 04:05:09 CEST 2011 

   Welcome to issue 194 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in
   the Haskell community. This release covers the week of July 31 to
   August 6, 2011.
   [1] http://goo.gl/8hDku

   You can find a HTML rendition of this newsletter at:

http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2011/08/haskell-weekly-news-issue-194.html

Announcements

   Andy Gill has issued a call for papers for the 23rd Symposium on
   Implementation and Application of Functinal Languages (IFL 2011) to be
   held at the University of Kansan, in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. The
   symposium is scheduled for October 3-5, 2011.
   [2] http://goo.gl/hHD2H

   Anil Madhavapeddy issued a call for participation to the Commercial
   Users of Functional Programming Workshop (CUFP 2011), which will be
   co-located with the ICFP 2011 in Tokyo, Japan, on September 22-24,
   2011.
   [3] http://goo.gl/BvPpj

   The GHC team annouced the release of GHC 7.2.1
   [4] http://goo.gl/0gTL3

New and Updated Projects

   * Eddie (Mike Meyer): A tool for shell scripting with haskell.
     [5] http://goo.gl/tzdbv

   * HROOT (Ian-Woo Kim): Haskell binding to the ROOT analysis
     package.
     [6] http://goo.gl/qJ1Bb

   * vector-algorithms (Dan Doel): Efficient Algorithms for Vector
     Arrays.
     [7] http://goo.gl/YZmxR

   * Alex (Simon Marlow): Update. A lexical analyser generator for
     Haskell.
     [8] http://goo.gl/dDYrl

Quotes of the Week

   * kmc: when computer scientists rebuild the world after the
     apocalypse, we will have hanging gardens with trees that grow
     downward

   * kmc: a wise man once said that the entire world can be described as
     convex combinations of drugs, math, and cardboard

   * roconnor: as a rule of thumb, avoid any packages shipped with the
     Haskell Plaform.

   * kmc: Try the new GHC IO Scheduler! It's got what plants crave!

   * kmc: I refuse to believe that any loving god would invent the
     monomorphism restriction

   * AlanPerlis: It is easier to write an incorrect program than
     understand a correct one.

   * [kmc] do you have a theory where the stack overflow is
        coming from?
     [copumpkin] joel spolsky

   * @faq is it possible to find things Haskell can't do?
     [lambdabot] The answer is: Yes! Haskell can do that.

   * kmc: Haskell isn't really designed by mathematicians. it's designed
     by people who programmers would consider to be mathematicians and
     mathematicians would consider to be programmers

Top Reddit Stories

   * "I'm very tempted to want to move to a functional programming language.
Haskell or Ocaml or something" -John Carmack
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 120, Comments: 62
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/enBuK
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/WXfZy

   * That seems like a challenge! Whatever happened to the hs->js compiler?
     Domain: xkcd.com, Score: 48, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/okkWU
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/HykNt

   * The Conditional Choice Operator
     Domain: zenzike.com, Score: 47, Comments: 15
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/npdIK
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/tdb4J

   * Haskell For Kids! Introduction to My Upcoming Class
     Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 47, Comments: 31
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/Gnmg9
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/y1pEF

   * seL4, a formally verified version of the L4 microkernel, was
spec-prototyped in Haskell (PDF)
     Domain: sigops.org, Score: 23, Comments: 8
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/fq0t9
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/mCrEu

   * Hi guys, I made a Haskell to Clojure translator. Check it out :D
     Domain: github.com, Score: 17, Comments: 21
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/Fxdwa
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/OL86U

   * Moderator Guidelines : Them's the rules.
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 12, Comments: 0
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/UPz94
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/UPz94

   * Library of conditional one-liners and combinators?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 11, Comments: 39
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/dTmX1
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/dTmX1

   * Zoom, a thor/rake-like task runner for Haskell (very alpha)
     Domain: github.com, Score: 10, Comments: 3
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/KkW9v
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/LqYUE

   * Yesod form overhaul
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 8, Comments: 1
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/biQuv
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/lxuYj

   * ETA on the Haskell Platform 2011.4.0.0 release?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 8, Comments: 3
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/gydgP
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/gydgP

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Speed comparison C vs python vs erlang vs haskell
     votes: 50, answers: 8
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/XEZ9Z

   * Recursion schemes for dummies?
     votes: 37, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/nnhGb

   * Is it possible to place inequality constraints on haskell type
variables?
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/VnexA

   * Haskell: Prefer pattern-matching or member access?
     votes: 9, answers: 6
     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/E225N

   * Difference between TVar and TMVar
     votes: 7, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/lmn1R

   * Java's Interface and Haskell's type class: differences and
similarities?
     votes: 7, answers: 6
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/fMGpH

   * Haskell code accompanying the Paul Hudak 1994 US Navy experiment paper
[migrated]
     votes: 7, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/fpVO5

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   Until next time,
   Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://haskell.org/
   2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18868
   3. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18873
   4. http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_2_1
   5. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18867
   6. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/91469
   7. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18871
   8. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18874
   9.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgYG-_ha28&feature=player_detailpage#t=4193s
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jap3x/im_very_tempted_to_want_to_move_to_a_functional/
  11. http://www.xkcd.com/934/
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j9nef/that_seems_like_a_challenge_whatever_happened_to/
  13. http://zenzike.com/posts/2011-08-01-the-conditional-choice-operator
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j6rbd/the_conditional_choice_operator/
  15. http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/haskell-for-kids-introduction/
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j8ac0/haskell_for_kids_introduction_to_my_upcoming_class/
  17. http://www.sigops.org/sosp/sosp09/papers/klein-sosp09.pdf
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ja27r/sel4_a_formally_verified_version_of_the_l4/
  19. https://github.com/dmead/Clojure-translate
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jarp0/hi_guys_i_made_a_haskell_to_clojure_translator/
  21.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j8df0/moderator_guidelines_thems_the_rules/
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j8df0/moderator_guidelines_thems_the_rules/
  23.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j51yw/library_of_conditional_oneliners_and_combinators/
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j51yw/library_of_conditional_oneliners_and_combinators/
  25. https://github.com/iand675/Zoom
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ja6fo/zoom_a_thorrakelike_task_runner_for_haskell_very/
  27. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/08/yesod-form-overhaul
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/j8gta/yesod_form_overhaul/
  29.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jaa8t/eta_on_the_haskell_platform_2011400_release/
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jaa8t/eta_on_the_haskell_platform_2011400_release/
  31.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6964392/speed-comparison-c-vs-python-vs-erlang-vs-haskell
  32.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6941904/recursion-schemes-for-dummies
  33.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6939043/is-it-possible-to-place-inequality-constraints-on-haskell-type-variables
  34.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6913130/haskell-prefer-pattern-matching-or-member-access
  35.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6915079/difference-between-tvar-and-tmvar
  36.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6948166/javas-interface-and-haskells-type-class-differences-and-similarities
  37.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6953020/haskell-code-accompanying-the-paul-hudak-1994-us-navy-experiment-paper-migrated
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