[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 285

Thu Nov 7 03:26:51 UTC 2013

Welcome to issue 285 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
weeks of October 20 to November 02, 2013.

Quotes of the Week

   * roconnor: edwardk: is comonad Haskell 1.4? I liked Haskell 1.4.

   * Peaker: Don't trust the @src, luke

   * dmwit: If it fits in a tweet, you haven't included enough
     information to debug it yet.

Top Reddit Stories

   * The Haskell Cast #3 - Simon Peyton Jones on GHC
     Domain: haskellcast.com, Score: 88, Comments: 11
     On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/0sGzlg
     Original: [2] http://goo.gl/wQ4FKi

   * Elm 0.10 released: faster strings, nice colors, bug fixes,
     and searchable documentation
     Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 74, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/HJ2fc7
     Original: [4] http://goo.gl/xFJJMN

   * Procrustean Mathematics by Edward Kmett
     Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 71, Comments: 17
     On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/AsB0CM
     Original: [6] http://goo.gl/E1iDNM

   * Haskell hurdle: uninteresting world
     Domain: gundersen.net, Score: 68, Comments: 58
     On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/W8l3T1
     Original: [8] http://goo.gl/uBVp1f

   * websockets-0.8 released: with browser shell example + bonus section
     on pipes vs. conduit vs. io-streams
     Domain: jaspervdj.be, Score: 65, Comments: 9
     On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/0XvXZa
     Original: [10] http://goo.gl/eUDMn1

   * IHaskell: Haskell for Interactive Computing
     Domain: gibiansky.github.io, Score: 61, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/ZpNpq8
     Original: [12] http://goo.gl/A8iccI

   * ShellCheck – static analysis and linting tool for sh/bash script
     Domain: shellcheck.net, Score: 55, Comments: 10
     On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/z0giaP
     Original: [14] http://goo.gl/zF3DLB

   * Micro-tutorial: liftM by accident
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 54, Comments: 29
     On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/d6ReRs
     Original: [16] http://goo.gl/d6ReRs

   * Barclays are hiring: Haskell developers in London and Kiev
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 52, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/Fq7JPE
     Original: [18] http://goo.gl/Fq7JPE

   * License monads
     Domain: joeyh.name, Score: 52, Comments: 18
     On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/oZ9La1
     Original: [20] http://goo.gl/9C1Stp

   * Show Reddit: My weekend project, PureScript
     Domain: functorial.com, Score: 49, Comments: 61
     On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/sRx1Eh
     Original: [22] http://goo.gl/TJBCYN

   * Deamortized ST by Edward Kmett
     Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 49, Comments: 57
     On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/Vck3Ij
     Original: [24] http://goo.gl/wtaueO

   * HaLVM 2.0 Developer's Release (trans: buggy but API-stable
pre-release)
     now available for folks to try. GHC 7.8, threaded RTS, SMP HaLVM
support,
     0-copy networking, and more.
     Domain: community.galois.com, Score: 44, Comments: 13
     On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/5Psg7B
     Original: [26] http://goo.gl/xQFUA2

   * Could you explain why complexity of monadic IO is worth it?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 43, Comments: 128
     On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/esFCc4
     Original: [28] http://goo.gl/esFCc4

   * London Haskell User Group 18/09/2013: Oliver Charles on pipes [video]
     Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 42, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/8kDKnw
     Original: [30] http://goo.gl/hi3L3P

   * C-- as a project separate from GHC
     Domain: cminusminus.org, Score: 42, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [31] http://goo.gl/fvUjIk
     Original: [32] http://goo.gl/VueAA

   * How to start a new Haskell project
     Domain: jabberwocky.eu, Score: 42, Comments: 26
     On Reddit: [33] http://goo.gl/6dRRXn
     Original: [34] http://goo.gl/btWJYS

   * The let-no-escape optimization
     Domain: lambda.jstolarek.com, Score: 41, Comments: 1
     On Reddit: [35] http://goo.gl/l8xhuP
     Original: [36] http://goo.gl/J8uekI

   * Improving Applicative do-notation
     Domain: tmorris.net, Score: 40, Comments: 150
     On Reddit: [37] http://goo.gl/MXoPdz
     Original: [38] http://goo.gl/y1I8Tx

   * Odersky: The Trouble with Types - Strange Loop 2013 [InfoQ]
     Domain: infoq.com, Score: 39, Comments: 55
     On Reddit: [39] http://goo.gl/5QEJfz
     Original: [40] http://goo.gl/Ir4kwG

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Haskell Thrift library 300x slower than C++ in performance test
     votes: 34, answers: 5
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/timvYf

   * Creating methods bound to records in Haskell
     votes: 10, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/4E4Sgh

   * Installing & Building GHC with OSX Mavericks GHC
     votes: 10, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/44PIaj

   * How to properly communicate compile-time information to
     Template Haskell functions?
     votes: 10, answers: 0
     Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/YQkGbl

   * Data.Text vs String
     votes: 9, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/ttjnJ1

   * Why is matrix multiplication faster with Repa than with hmatrix?
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [46] http://goo.gl/e36toD

   * Efficient functional algorithm for computing closure under an operator
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [47] http://goo.gl/538Yyr

   * Why doesn't Haskell sequence these IO actions properly?
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [48] http://goo.gl/82PZYb

   * Is there a way to make my word counting program faster
     without using impure tricks?
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [49] http://goo.gl/F3OiUk

   * Is it better to define Functor in terms of Applicative in terms of
Monad,
     or vice versa?
     votes: 8, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [50] http://goo.gl/xEkVIf

   * Standard Haskell function :: (a -> Maybe b) -> [a] -> Maybe b
     votes: 8, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [51] http://goo.gl/JdA5Xf

   * Why are cabal reinstalls “always dangerous”?
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [52] http://goo.gl/kCdUsL

   * How to use the maybe monoid and combine values with
     a custom operation, easily?
     votes: 8, answers: 3
     Read on SO: [53] http://goo.gl/BpL8NK

Until next time,
[54]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://www.haskellcast.com/episode/003-simon-peyton-jones-on-ghc/
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pe8tj/the_haskell_cast_3_simon_peyton_jones_on_ghc/
   3. http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.10.elm
   4.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1p43xx/elm_010_released_faster_strings_nice_colors_bug/
   5.
https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/edwardk/editorial/procrustean-mathematics
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1p85al/procrustean_mathematics_by_edward_kmett/
   7.
http://www.gundersen.net/functional-programming-hurdle-uninteresting-programs/
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1oyy54/haskell_hurdle_uninteresting_world/
   9. http://jaspervdj.be/posts/2013-10-22-websockets-0.8.html
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1p0bey/websockets08_released_with_browser_shell_example/
  11. http://gibiansky.github.io/IHaskell/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1oxj6k/ihaskell_haskell_for_interactive_computing/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pg7ym/shellcheck_static_analysis_and_linting_tool_for/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pd1ep/microtutorial_liftm_by_accident/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pd1ep/microtutorial_liftm_by_accident/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1p70l3/barclays_are_hiring_haskell_developers_in_london/
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1p70l3/barclays_are_hiring_haskell_developers_in_london/
  19. http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/license_monads/
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  21. http://functorial.com/purescript/
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pkzd0/show_reddit_my_weekend_project_purescript/
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http://community.galois.com/pipermail/halvm-devel/2013-October/000041.html
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1ot4ep/halvm_20_developers_release_trans_buggy_but/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1owtvs/could_you_explain_why_complexity_of_monadic_io_is/
  28.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1owtvs/could_you_explain_why_complexity_of_monadic_io_is/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1p1wrt/london_haskell_user_group_18092013_oliver_charles/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pbbon/c_as_a_project_separate_from_ghc/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pdxcr/how_to_start_a_new_haskell_project/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1ou06l/improving_applicative_donotation/
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http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1pjjy5/odersky_the_trouble_with_types_strange_loop_2013/
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19484232/creating-methods-bound-to-records-in-haskell
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19579577/installing-building-ghc-with-osx-mavericks-ghc
  44.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19679024/how-to-properly-communicate-compile-time-information-to-template-haskell-functio
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19733382/why-is-matrix-multiplication-faster-with-repa-than-with-hmatrix
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19485082/efficient-functional-algorithm-for-computing-closure-under-an-operator
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19513660/why-doesnt-haskell-sequence-these-io-actions-properly
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19535688/is-there-a-way-to-make-my-word-counting-program-faster-without-using-impure-tric
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19635265/is-it-better-to-define-functor-in-terms-of-applicative-in-terms-of-monad-or-vic
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19643664/standard-haskell-function-a-maybe-b-a-maybe-b
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19692644/why-are-cabal-reinstalls-always-dangerous
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19706501/how-to-use-the-maybe-monoid-and-combine-values-with-a-custom-operation-easily
  54. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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