[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 276

[Daniel Santa Cruz]

Welcome to issue 276 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of August 4 to 10, 2013.

Quotes of the Week

   * AndrazBajt: co-worker = producer of work tasks

   * Brend: I have created a revolutionary AI from first principles!
     Also, can anyone tell me how to draw coloured dots on the screen?

   * nejucomo: nejucomo can't resist a good wooly yak.

Top Reddit Stories

   * FP Complete is hiring Haskell contract programmers to work from
anywhere
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 89, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/MRqlHd
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/MRqlHd

   * What are some killer libraries and frameworks unique to Haskell?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 87, Comments: 149
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/N3aAqW
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/N3aAqW

   * Cartesian Closed Comic #21: A question will be asked
     Domain: ro-che.info, Score: 64, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/Kv5Lwh
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/pwLne3

   * Haskell for all: Composable streaming folds
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 56, Comments: 38
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/SIFdvq
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/OCpBDf

   * The Monad.Reader issue 22 is out
     Domain: themonadreader.wordpress.com, Score: 51, Comments: 3
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/yUim7j
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/YE6XAV

   * Typo – A programming language that runs in Haskell's type system
     Domain: github.com, Score: 49, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/yceg83
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/g3ae02

   * tasty — a new testing framework (successor to test-framework)
     Domain: documentup.com, Score: 45, Comments: 33
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/08CufZ
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/5GN7bO

   * Get started with GHC development: a starting point for newcomers
     Domain: ghc.haskell.org, Score: 39, Comments: 4
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/zfGesW
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/23IqSe

   * John Carmack's talk on function programming, Haskell, Lisp, Scheme and
concurrency
     Domain: youtu.be, Score: 38, Comments: 3
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/1yUTKC
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/2K6370

   * Daily Haskell Exercise
     Domain: dailyhaskellexercise.tumblr.com, Score: 37, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/nwmY9b
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/Zyy3Sp

   * "Teach a kid functional programming and you feed her for a lifetime,"
says Huffington Post CTO
     Domain: huffingtonpost.com, Score: 27, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/8YXXgz
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/Mm2xa9

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Functors and Applicatives for types of kind (* -> *) -> *
     votes: 15, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [23] http://goo.gl/PQ2VmY

   * How do I correctly use Control.Exception.catch in Haskell?
     votes: 15, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [24] http://goo.gl/G4Eptv

   * Safer Handles in Haskell?
     votes: 13, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [25] http://goo.gl/b4gWPa

   * Typeably casting GADTs
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [26] http://goo.gl/vcuUxt

   * Repa performance for planetary simulation
     votes: 7, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [27] http://goo.gl/VqggZo

   * Transforming functions of type `a -> b` into those of type `String ->
String` in Haskell
     votes: 7, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [28] http://goo.gl/VzejZ0

   * Resolving overlapping instances in external library
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [29] http://goo.gl/f7QDdu

   * Cabal - Expose all modules while building library
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/C8lKJB

   * What are Alternative's “some” and “many” useful for?
     votes: 6, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/o4lLGy

Until next time,
[32]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jzatv/fp_complete_is_hiring_haskell_contract/
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jzatv/fp_complete_is_hiring_haskell_contract/
   3.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1k3fq7/what_are_some_killer_libraries_and_frameworks/
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1k3fq7/what_are_some_killer_libraries_and_frameworks/
   5. http://ro-che.info/ccc/21.html
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jp265/cartesian_closed_comic_21_a_question_will_be_asked/
   7. http://www.haskellforall.com/2013/08/composable-streaming-folds.html
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jo9gm/haskell_for_all_composable_streaming_folds/
   9. http://themonadreader.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/issue-22/
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jvhj7/the_monadreader_issue_22_is_out/
  11. https://github.com/seliopou/typo
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jwp0s/typo_a_programming_language_that_runs_in_haskells/
  13. http://documentup.com/feuerbach/tasty
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jr8lb/tasty_a_new_testing_framework_successor_to/
  15. http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Newcomers
  16.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1k0uk9/get_started_with_ghc_development_a_starting_point/
  17. http://youtu.be/1PhArSujR_A?t=2m5s
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1k2w93/john_carmacks_talk_on_function_programming/
  19. http://dailyhaskellexercise.tumblr.com/
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1juqez/daily_haskell_exercise/
  21.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-pavley/teach-a-kid-functional-pr_b_3666853.html
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1jr0og/teach_a_kid_functional_programming_and_you_feed/
  23.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18052158/functors-and-applicatives-for-types-of-kind
  24.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18052619/how-do-i-correctly-use-control-exception-catch-in-haskell
  25. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18135648/safer-handles-in-haskell
  26. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18109654/typeably-casting-gadts
  27.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18099878/repa-performance-for-planetary-simulation
  28.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18106170/transforming-functions-of-type-a-b-into-those-of-type-string-string-in
  29.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18071439/resolving-overlapping-instances-in-external-library
  30.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18084265/cabal-expose-all-modules-while-building-library
  31.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18108608/what-are-alternatives-some-and-many-useful-for
  32. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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