[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 201

Thu Sep 29 02:09:43 CEST 2011

Welcome to issue 201 of the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in
the Haskell community. This release covers the week of September 18 to
24, 2011.

You can find the HTML version of this issue at:
http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/haskell-weekly-news-issue-201.html

Announcements

   Jasper Van der Jeugt sent more details about the 9th GhentFPG
   meeting, which will take place on October the 4th, at 19:30 in the
   Technicum building of Ghent University. "You don't have to be a
   Functional Programming guru to attend, everyone eager to learn is
   welcome."
   [1] http://goo.gl/hAa5Zn

New and Updated Projects

   * usb, bindings-libusb, usb-iteratee (Bas van Dijk; 1.0, 1.4.4,
     0.4) Wrapers around the portable C library libusb-1.0
     [2] http://goo.gl/lTMNJn

   * ivy-web (James Deng; 0.1) A lightweight web framework, with
     type-safe routes, based on invertible syntax, and i18n support,
     influenced by Django, Snap and Yesod.
     [3] http://goo.gl/dTcPEn

   * lushtags (Bit Connor) ctags compatible tags files for Haskell
     programs.
     [4] http://goo.gl/30TYen

   * lightweight monadic regions family (Bas van Dijk; multiple
     versions) Updates to regios, regions-mtl, regions-monadstf,
     regional-pointers, safer-file-handles,
     safer-file-handles-bytestring, safer-file-handles-text, and
     usb-safe.
     [5] http://goo.gl/g8P6Kn

   * skein (Felipe Almeida Lessa; 0.1) A family of fast secure
     cryptographic hash functions.
     [6] http://goo.gl/xwafmn

Quotes of the Week

   * dafis: I thought a C++ friend class was one you allowed to touch
     your private parts

   * edwardk: any time i can help, just ask. i may not actually help, but
     i'll be sure to note your suffering.

   * edwardk: i have a lot fewer [haddock problems] now since i stopped
     bothering trying to document ;)

   * edwardk: Had i thought of it earlier i could have named trifecta
     kessel run. at this point it looks like it'll contain at least 12
     parsecs.

   * ddarius: The history of iteratees is making a simple idea complex.

   * shachaf: You can never escape having learned monads. If you learn
     two monads, though, you can go back to only knowing one.

Top Reddit Stories

   * GHCi now supports all top-level declarations
     Domain: github.com, Score: 104, Comments: 35
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/GfTc9n
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/Md5B3n

   * The best ghc bug ever
     Domain: twitter.com, Score: 93, Comments: 27
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/3sCHUn
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/N7IGdn

   * Running a startup on Haskell
     Domain: bos.github.com, Score: 73, Comments: 33
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/HevD3n
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/IsXedn

   * No chrome, Haskell is not Danish.
     Domain: i.imgur.com, Score: 73, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/AYyq4n
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/whKijn

   * Did Haskell Platform miss the July release? It's already September.
     Domain: trac.haskell.org, Score: 46, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/6m8Yln
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/r9k6tn

   * Iteratees at Tsuru Capital: various contributions to the hackage
iteratee library used in a production trading system
     Domain: blog.kfish.org, Score: 36, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/rCTO6n
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/PikaAn

   * Apprendre Haskell vous fera le plus grand bien ! -- LYAH in French
     Domain: lyah.haskell.fr, Score: 33, Comments: 15
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/pV3jvn
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/ixiXWn

   * Would You Bet $100,000,000 on Haskell?
     Domain: digitalmars.com, Score: 28, Comments: 44
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/oPI5Kn
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/YYeOln

   * Galois offers Haskell course: The Tao of Functional Programming
     Domain: corp.galois.com, Score: 26, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/6HX8Kn
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/n7urdn

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * What are Haskell's strictness points?
     votes: 59, answers: 7
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/5PiDHn

   * Can someone explain the traverse function in Haskell
     votes: 14, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/P5WtFn

   * Why do we have map, fmap and liftM?
     votes: 13, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/TCRKwn

   * Does a function like this already exist? (Or, what's a better name for
this function?)
     votes: 12, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/QY6i8n

   * Question about the ~ and @ operators in Haskell
     votes: 11, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/pXnV6n

   * Folding across Maybes in Haskell
     votes: 8, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/y1ALtn

   * How is foldl lazy?
     votes: 7, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/LQAxNn

   * avoid explicit passing of lookup table
     votes: 7, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/tKh2wn

   * Why is [Char]-based input so much slower than the [Char]-based output
in Haskell?
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/2nuqNn

   Until next time,
   Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92680
   2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18935
   3. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18936
   4. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92480
   5. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18940
   6. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/92528
   7.
https://github.com/ghc/ghc/commit/3db757241ce7fb99c096c30481aefa86bb9855a1
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kmxf2/ghci_now_supports_all_toplevel_declarations/
   9. http://twitter.com/#!/bos31337/status/116372971509121025
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kmk6q/the_best_ghc_bug_ever/
  11. http://bos.github.com/strange-loop-2011/talk/talk.html#(1)
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/km2b8/running_a_startup_on_haskell/
  13. http://i.imgur.com/D4QEO.png
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/koom1/no_chrome_haskell_is_not_danish/
  15. http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/ReleaseTimetable
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kk9hl/did_haskell_platform_miss_the_july_release_its/
  17. http://blog.kfish.org/2011/09/iteratees-at-tsuru.html
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kjem1/iteratees_at_tsuru_capital_various_contributions/
  19. http://lyah.haskell.fr/
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/km1l6/apprendre_haskell_vous_fera_le_plus_grand_bien/
  21.
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Would_You_Bet_100_000_000_on_D_144619.html
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/klhln/would_you_bet_100000000_on_haskell/
  23. http://corp.galois.com/haskell-course
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/kp6as/galois_offers_haskell_course_the_tao_of/
  25.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7490768/what-are-haskells-strictness-points
  26.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7460809/can-someone-explain-the-traverse-function-in-haskell
  27.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7463500/why-do-we-have-map-fmap-and-liftm
  28.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7518589/does-a-function-like-this-already-exist-or-whats-a-better-name-for-this-funct
  29.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7506684/question-about-the-and-operators-in-haskell
  30.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7464208/folding-across-maybes-in-haskell
  31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7487455/how-is-foldl-lazy
  32.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7504012/avoid-explicit-passing-of-lookup-table
  33.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7510078/why-is-char-based-input-so-much-slower-than-the-char-based-output-in-haskell
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