[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 197

Thu Sep 1 00:33:10 CEST 2011

   Welcome to issue 197 the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in the
   Haskell community. This release covers the week of August 21 to 27,
   2011.
   [1] http://goo.gl/8hDku

Announcements

   Liyang HU announced HakkaTaikai, a Haskell hackathon in Tokyo, on
   Sunday September 25th, 2011.
   [2] http://goo.gl/tJ4F4

   Qiuchi Jian wondered if anyone would be interested in joining him in
   translating the 2010 Haskell Report into Chinese.
   [3] http://goo.gl/QDdeF

   Johan Tibell announced the results of this year's "State of Haskell"
   survey.
   [4] http://goo.gl/26Evg

New and Updated Projects

   * network-address (New - Sebastian Nowicki) Provides data
     structures for IP addresses as well as subnetworks.
     [5] http://goo.gl/LTuUK

   * shelltestrunner (Update - Simon Michael) Tests command-line
     programs or arbitrary shell commands.
     [6] http://goo.gl/uKHMo

   * netwire (Update - Ertugrul Soeylemez) An arrowized functional
     reactive programming library written with networking applications
     in mind.
     [7] http://goo.gl/yM0hy

   * instinct (New - Ertugrul Soeylemez) Library for neural networks.
     [8] http://goo.gl/yM0hy

Quotes of the Week

   * elliott: i'm here to prove theorems and compile code and I'm all
     out of code

   * shachaf: To deepSeq is a fundamental right

   * djahandarie: I wonder if De Bruijn was any good at remembering
     names.

   * JaffaCake: In the beginning there were 8 registers, and That Was
     Enough For Everyone.

   * frezik: "The compiler accepted it, why can't you?"

   * Cale: the units of the monoids in the algebras for the monoid monad

   * _Ray_: fucking hell, math and cs need to stop having awesome
     interesting things. it's ruining my life.

   * accel: next time I'll read a few research papers before I start
     trolling hakell

   * ddarius: isJust :: Maybe a -> Bool; isJust = unsafeCoerce

Top Reddit Stories

   * Interested in a 2nd edition of "Real World Haskell"?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 130, Comments: 33
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/fNS6P
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/fNS6P

   * GHC on ARM: Merged into GHC HEAD
     Domain: ghcarm.wordpress.com, Score: 78, Comments: 7
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/BvFvX
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/ZKDYx

   * Why Haskell is Kinda Cool
     Domain: amtal.github.com, Score: 56, Comments: 27
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/9ealD
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/0AJIn

   * Haskell for Kids: Week 2!
     Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 55, Comments: 20
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/0Qm5z
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/DzdUy

   * Results from the State of Haskell, 2011 Survey
     Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 54, Comments: 18
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/BAQye
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/l6sc1

   * PyPy: We need Software Transactional Memory
     Domain: morepypy.blogspot.com, Score: 49, Comments: 2
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/6dPjT
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/kNCma

   * mmmodularity! - A modular package language for Haskell
     Domain: skilpat.tumblr.com, Score: 48, Comments: 8
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/6dfSf
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/os9IJ

   * A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus
     Domain: utdallas.edu, Score: 34, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/OtPrs
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/zTIx4

   * Functional representation of Rubik's cube
     Domain: pnyf.inf.elte.hu, Score: 30, Comments: 3
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/TMOnc
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/EoYbu

   * monad-control, for more flexible transformers
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 27, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/XF6GZ
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/ijd6V

   * A different haskell emacs mode (work in progress)
     Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 26, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/lfmxF
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/7qvho

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Haskell: How does non-strict and lazy differ?
     votes: 25, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/2KJVY

   * forall in Scala
     votes: 18, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/ejOwF

   * What is the name of this monad-like functional programming pattern?
     votes: 16, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/Rv1BC

   * Is (reverse . f . reverse) efficient?
     votes: 11, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/U7qLu

   * Haskell Space Overflow
     votes: 8, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/5uBY2

   * How to write recursive lambda expression in Haskell?
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/TokK2

   * Is the random number generator in Haskell thread-safe?
     votes: 8, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/ERVpl

   * How can I create a tuple where each of the members are compared
by an expression?
     votes: 7, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/BiUpC

   * Haskell cartesian product of infinite lists
     votes: 7, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/DC9M5

   * How to implement a generic hierarchy of structures with injected
functionality
     votes: 7, answers: 6
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/IoMT6

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   Until next time,
   Daniel Santa Cruz

References

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  15. http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/haskell-for-kids-week-2/
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  21. http://skilpat.tumblr.com/post/9411500320/a-modular-package-language-for-haskell
  22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jvlrw/mmmodularity_a_modular_package_language_for/
  23. http://www.utdallas.edu/~gupta/courses/apl/lambda.pdf
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  25. http://pnyf.inf.elte.hu:8000/Rubik_en.xml
  26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jwfz2/functional_representation_of_rubiks_cube/
  27. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/08/monad-control
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jtuk9/monadcontrol_for_more_flexible_transformers/
  29. http://chrisdone.com/posts/2011-08-21-haskell-emacs.html
  30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/js3sm/a_different_haskell_emacs_mode_work_in_progress/
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  32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7213676/forall-in-scala
  33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7135540/what-is-the-name-of-this-monad-like-functional-programming-pattern
  34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7152183/is-reverse-f-reverse-efficient
  35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7140732/haskell-space-overflow
  36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7141229/how-to-write-recursive-lambda-expression-in-haskell
  37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7153255/is-the-random-number-generator-in-haskell-thread-safe
  38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7136921/how-can-i-create-a-tuple-where-each-of-the-members-are-compared-by-an-expression
  39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7141287/haskell-cartesian-product-of-infinite-lists
  40. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7157841/how-to-implement-a-generic-hierarchy-of-structures-with-injected-functionality