[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 230

Thu Jun 7 04:46:49 CEST 2012

Welcome to issue 230 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of May 27 to June 02, 2012.

Announcements

Mark Lentczner had great news for us this week, announcing the
release of the Haskell Platform 2012.2.0.0. Many many thanks to the
platform team for getting this release out the door!
[1] http://goo.gl/XX9P6

Top Reddit Stories

   * Conduit bugs
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 45, Comments: 25
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/hQCbs
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/3wR5W

   * Response to "Conduit Bugs"
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 43, Comments: 53
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/TV5i3
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/N8uMM

   * Haskell fully async Chan/TChan vs. Go's channels
     Domain: plus.google.com, Score: 42, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/UJBXN
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/K0zzA

   * Most Important GHC extensions to learn/use?
     Domain: permalink.gmane.org, Score: 38, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/i6ofz
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/x7Mxg

   * What's so bad about Template Haskell?
     Domain: stackoverflow.com, Score: 35, Comments: 8
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/fdiUm
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/Vg4AT

   * stylish-haskell: A simple tool to clean up Haskell code
     Domain: github.com, Score: 32, Comments: 74
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/QT9br
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/TlZum

   * Understanding Haskell's monomorphism restriction
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 27, Comments: 38
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/tb1uC
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/tb1uC

   * Pipes 2.0 vs pipes-core
     Domain: paolocapriotti.com, Score: 26, Comments: 40
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/lmNeD
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/najMM

   * FP Complete and Well-Typed delivered a two-day hands-on
     Haskell training at Qualcomm
     Domain: haskell.org, Score: 26, Comments: 2
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/R3Ufl
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/sC3O3

   * ICFP'12 Accepted Papers (with links, where available!)
     Domain: github.com, Score: 26, Comments: 2
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/361wt
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/3ACvz

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * What's so bad about Template Haskell?
     votes: 67, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [22] http://goo.gl/Vg4AT

   * Which Haskell (GHC) extensions should users use/avoid?
     votes: 23, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [23] http://goo.gl/s0TNH

   * Space leak with redundant use of seq in GHC interpreter
     votes: 17, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [24] http://goo.gl/no97P

   * Is there a list of GHC extensions that are considered 'safe'?
     votes: 15, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/10SJc

   * What are lenses used/useful for?
     votes: 14, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/kn8uj

   * Haskell: Can I perform several folds over the same lazy list without
     keeping list in memory?
     votes: 12, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/VuWQ7

   * What are the advantages and disadvantages of using lenses?
     votes: 11, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/kGX4B

   * Calculating work done by f x = (x,x)
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/838C2

   * Why is function definition for all types at once not allowed in Haskell?
     votes: 10, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/eoDXp

   * Generic variant of bi f a b = (f a, f b)
     votes: 9, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/NPDMU

   * Unicode console I/O in Haskell on Windows
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/AFCQh

Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.platform/1964
   2. http://www.haskellforall.com/2012/05/conduit-bugs.html
   3. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/u7vyx/conduit_bugs/
   4. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2012/05/response-conduit-bugs
   5. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/u8fe6/response_to_conduit_bugs/
   6. https://plus.google.com/109566665911385859313/posts/FAmNTExSLtz
   7. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ubmz7/haskell_fully_async_chantchan_vs_gos_channels/
   8. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/98574
   9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ufenx/most_important_ghc_extensions_to_learnuse/
  10. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10857030/whats-so-bad-about-template-haskell
  11. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ugd94/whats_so_bad_about_template_haskell/
  12. https://github.com/jaspervdj/stylish-haskell/blob/master/README.markdown
  13. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/u8u1y/stylishhaskell_a_simple_tool_to_clean_up_haskell/
  14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/udnx2/understanding_haskells_monomorphism_restriction/
  15. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/udnx2/understanding_haskells_monomorphism_restriction/
  16. http://paolocapriotti.com/blog/2012/05/29/pipes-2.0-vs-pipes-core/
  17. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/uav9d/pipes_20_vs_pipescore/
  18. http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2012-June/101558.html
  19. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ug4wq/fp_complete_and_welltyped_delivered_a_twoday/
  20. https://github.com/technogeeky/icfp12-paper-links/blob/master/README.md
  21. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/uhhd2/icfp12_accepted_papers_with_links_where_available/
  22. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10857030/whats-so-bad-about-template-haskell
  23. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10845179/which-haskell-ghc-extensions-should-users-use-avoid
  24. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10793371/space-leak-with-redundant-use-of-seq-in-ghc-interpreter
  25. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10830757/is-there-a-list-of-ghc-extensions-that-are-considered-safe
  26. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10788261/what-are-lenses-used-useful-for
  27. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10803221/haskell-can-i-perform-several-folds-over-the-same-lazy-list-without-keeping-lis
  28. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10774614/what-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-using-lenses
  29. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10825933/calculating-work-done-by-f-x-x-x
  30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10811657/why-is-function-definition-for-all-types-at-once-not-allowed-in-haskell
  31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10772121/generic-variant-of-bi-f-a-b-f-a-f-b
  32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10779149/unicode-console-i-o-in-haskell-on-windows