[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 164 - January 12, 2011

[Daniel Santa Cruz]

   Welcome to issue 164 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in
   the [1]Haskell community. This release covers the week of January 2 to
   8, 2011.

Announcements

   Ben Millwood [2]announced the release of haskell-src-meta 0.3. He tells
   us that this release adds support for GHC 7, and for TH 2.5, along with
   other improvements.

   Mitar announced [3]a new version ef Etage, a general data-flow
   framework.

   Malcolm Wallace had [4]some news from the Haskell Language Committee.
   One of the points mentioned is that there will _not_ be a language
   standard called 2011, with the committee intending to issue a new
   language standard in 2012.

   Simon Peyton-Jones [5]invited members from the community to submit
   papers for the Workshop on Intermediate Representations 2011. The
   deadline is January 21.

   Clemens Grelck wanted to alert everyone that the [6]new deadline for
   papers for the Eighth International Workshop on Practical Aspects of
   High-Level Parallel Programming (PAPP 2011) to be held June 1-3, 2011,
   in Tsukuba, Japan.

   Emanuel Kitzelmann extended a [7]call for papers for the 4th
   International Workshop on Approaches and Applications of Inductive
   Programming (AAIP 2011) to be held July 19, 2011, in Odense, Denmark.

   Maciej Piechotka announced the [8]first release of nanoparsec.
   "Nanoparsec is currently simply a port of attoparsec on the
   ListLike--the abstraction of lists used by iteratee.

Top Reddit Stories

   * Why Lisp is a Big Hack (And Haskell is Doomed to Succeed)
     Domain: axisofeval.blogspot.com, Score: 69, Comments: 15
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evbz5/why_lisp_is_a_big_hack_and_haskell_is_doomed_to/
     Original: http://axisofeval.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-lisp-is-big-hack-and-haskell-is.html

   * I ported Clojure's Persistent Vectors and Hash Maps to Haskell
     Domain: blog.wuwon.id.au, Score: 54, Comments: 2
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evzhz/i_ported_clojures_persistent_vectors_and_hash/
     Original: http://blog.wuwon.id.au/2011/01/persistent-vectors-and-hash-maps-for.html

   * 3 Big Haskell Infrastructure Projects That Would Be Cool
     Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 31, Comments: 8
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evt56/3_big_haskell_infrastructure_projects_that_would/
     Original: http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/big-ideas-for-haskell/

   * Merging binary and cereal
     Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 31, Comments:
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ewvpv/merging_binary_and_cereal/
     Original: http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/merging-binary-and-cereal.html

   * Haskell library improvements I'd like to see
     Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 28, Comments:
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evm0g/haskell_library_improvements_id_like_to_see/
     Original: http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/haskell-library-improvements-id-like-to.html

   * You can use GHC for the mac app store
     Domain: github.com, Score: 20, Comments: 8
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/exxal/you_can_use_ghc_for_the_mac_app_store/
     Original: https://github.com/nfjinjing/haskell-cocoa-currency-converter-example

   * Sudoku Solver in Haskell
     Domain: antimatroid.wordpress.com, Score: 18, Comments: 7
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ev1i0/sudoku_solver_in_haskell/
     Original: http://antimatroid.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/sudoku-solver-in-haskell/

   * Job Board for Functional Programmers
     Domain: functionaljobs.com, Score: 15, Comments: 6
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/evi5d/job_board_for_functional_programmers/
     Original: http://functionaljobs.com

   * Haskell library for analysis and synthesis of Go code.
     Domain: hackage.haskell.org, Score: 15, Comments: 6
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ex43z/haskell_library_for_analysis_and_synthesis_of_go/
     Original: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/language-go

   * Hello Reddit! I implemented Levenshtein automata in Haskell after
reading that 'Damn Cool Algorithm' blog post -- what do you think?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 14, Comments: 4
     On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ewl7o/hello_reddit_i_implemented_levenshtein_automata/
     Original: /r/haskell/comments/ewl7o/hello_reddit_i_implemented_levenshtein_automata/

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Why do we need 'seq' or 'pseq' with 'par' in Haskell?
     votes: 9, answers: 2
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4576734/why-do-we-need-seq-or-pseq-with-par-in-haskell

   * Complex data structures in Haskell - how do they work?
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4597262/complex-data-structures-in-haskell-how-do-they-work

   * Mutability in functional programming
     votes: 8, answers: 3
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4619500/mutability-in-functional-programming

   * Where can I learn advanced Haskell?
     votes: 8, answers: 6
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4634962/where-can-i-learn-advanced-haskell

   * in haskell, why do I need to specify type constraints, why can't
the compiler figure them out?
     votes: 7, answers: 4
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4590975/in-haskell-why-do-i-need-to-specify-type-constraints-why-cant-the-compiler-fig

   * Can someone explain to me the following Haskell expression
     votes: 6, answers: 2
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4589957/can-someone-explain-to-me-the-following-haskell-expression

   * Parse XML in Haskell
     votes: 6, answers: 5
     Read on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4619206/parse-xml-in-haskell

   * Haskell: Record Update for Existential Types
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4580211/haskell-record-update-for-existential-types

   * Are there any more original, more functional Haskell web-frameworks?
     votes: 5, answers: 2
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4598091/are-there-any-more-original-more-functional-haskell-web-frameworks

   * Defining a data type that doesn't want to be defined..
     votes: 5, answers: 1
     Read on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4612830/defining-a-data-type-that-doesnt-want-to-be-defined

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   Hope your 2011 is off to a good start! Until next time,
   Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://haskell.org/
   2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18414
   3. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/85062
   4. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18418
   5. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18415
   6. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18416
   7. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18417
   8. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/85177