[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 205

[Daniel Santa Cruz]

Welcome to issue 205 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in
the Haskell community. This release covers the week of October 16 to
22, 2011.

You can find an HTML version of this issue at:
http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2011/10/haskell-weekly-news-issue-205.html

Announcements

   Ian Lynah sent out a call for nominations for the haskell.org
   committee. See the link for details on how to submit a nomination.
   Nominations close on October 29.
   [1] http://goo.gl/J9J6H

New and Updated Projects

   * netwire (Ertugrul Soeylemez; 1.2.7)
     [2] http://goo.gl/ULujm

Quotes of the Week

   * kmc: i just used Hayoo to see if anyone implemented this function
     and it came back with one of my own libraries

   * JoeyA: LLVM: The easy-to-use compiler infrastructure nobody knows
     how to use.

   * 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

   * Cale: foldr is the real fold; foldl is an imposter

   * @remember hey daniel kmc wants his uploads featured on HWN
     [edit note: oops, I guess that was meant for me :) +1 for new and
     inventive ways to communicate!]

Top Reddit Stories

   * Tech-talk about Haskell at Google: Haskell Amuse-Bouche
     Domain: youtu.be, Score: 86, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/Pf0NZ
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/NPZ17

   * Deprecate Prelude.head and partial functions
     Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 58, Comments: 60
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/Yat8J
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/NyiRO

   * What does your company use Haskell for? I'll go first.
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 51, Comments: 38
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/VOfrO
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/VOfrO

   * I am working on a functional web-programming language as a
     senior thesis. What do you think so far?
     Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 40, Comments: 58
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/6PrQM
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/l3odM

   * Dear Redditor Emac-loving Haskeller(s): what cool emacs
     Haskell Mode (or custom) features do you use?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 40, Comments: 7
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/LKW0A
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/LKW0A

   * Macros in Haskell
     Domain: playingwithpointers.com, Score: 38, Comments: 0
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/pwfjt
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/bSYN8

   * Type-safe event-based programming
     Domain: jaspervdj.be, Score: 35, Comments: 0
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/gyj9J
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/ZBC55

   * Yesod excellent ideas
     Domain: yannesposito.com, Score: 34, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/ikFJV
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/UgBaC

   * AI Challenge: Ants. Haskell support is only for GHC 6.12.
     Shall we lobby for 7.0?
     Domain: aichallenge.org, Score: 28, Comments: 24
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/ShqaM
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/O2YOp

   * Why not Haskell?
     Domain: neugierig.org, Score: 27, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/INmRp
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/wK3U3

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * What are some compelling use cases for dependent method types?
     votes: 44, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [23] http://goo.gl/2Xmgu

   * Why monads? How does it resolve side-effects?
     votes: 14, answers: 7
     Read on SO: [24] http://goo.gl/UJimh

   * How does Haskell printf work?
     votes: 13, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/351dE

   * Why is my genetic algorithm seemingly behaving randomly?
     votes: 10, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/a5FtH

   * What are the benefits of applicative parsing over monadic parsing?
     votes: 10, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/UEkpx

   * Fixity of backtick operators?
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/nwji2

   * Bit Size of GHC's Int Type
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/DDtFZ

   * Simple word count in haskell
     votes: 8, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/ZAYyT

   * existential search and query without the fuss
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/Fnes6

   * How to selectively link certain system libraries statically into
     Haskell program binary?
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/HjPTc

   Until next time,
   Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18983
   2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/93163
   3. http://youtu.be/b9FagOVqxmI
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lkiiw/techtalk_about_haskell_at_google_haskell/
   5. http://chrisdone.com/posts/2011-10-17-boycott-head.html
   6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lf71l/deprecate_preludehead_and_partial_functions/
   7. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lfwlv/what_does_your_company_use_haskell_for_ill_go/
   8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lfwlv/what_does_your_company_use_haskell_for_ill_go/
   9. http://elm-lang.org/
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/liqb4/i_am_working_on_a_functional_webprogramming/
  11. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/llt44/dear_redditor_emacloving_haskellers_what_cool/
  12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/llt44/dear_redditor_emacloving_haskellers_what_cool/
  13. http://playingwithpointers.com/archives/615
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lgeuk/macros_in_haskell/
  15. http://jaspervdj.be/posts/2011-10-16-type-safe-events.html
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/le2dk/typesafe_eventbased_programming/
  17. http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Yesod-excellent-ideas/
  18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lj2br/yesod_excellent_ideas/
  19. http://aichallenge.org/starter_packages.php
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ljs9z/ai_challenge_ants_haskell_support_is_only_for_ghc/
  21. http://neugierig.org/software/blog/2011/10/why-not-haskell.html
  22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/lfv4b/why_not_haskell/
  23. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7860163/what-are-some-compelling-use-cases-for-dependent-method-types
  24. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7840126/why-monads-how-does-it-resolve-side-effects
  25. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7828072/how-does-haskell-printf-work
  26. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7792456/why-is-my-genetic-algorithm-seemingly-behaving-randomly
  27. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7861903/what-are-the-benefits-of-applicative-parsing-over-monadic-parsing
  28. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7807994/fixity-of-backtick-operators
  29. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7786662/bit-size-of-ghcs-int-type
  30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7803449/simple-word-count-in-haskell
  31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7813691/existential-search-and-query-without-the-fuss
  32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7832112/how-to-selectively-link-certain-system-libraries-statically-into-haskell-program