[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 292

Daniel Santa Cruz dstcruz at gmail.com
Thu Apr 24 02:18:00 UTC 2014


Welcome to issue 292 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers
from April 13 to 19, 2014

Edward Kemett wrote in to remind us of the Call For Proposals for CUFP
2014, which is going to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden between September
4-6. See more details here [1] http://goo.gl/X62cBO

Quotes of the Week

   * pdxleif: see s.p. jones & h.p. lovecraft's paper on the subject:
     "generic programming with lenses, barbed wire, and the fibres of
     sanity"


Top Reddit Stories

   * A time traveling debugger for Elm - pause, rewind, replay,
     and change history
     Domain: debug.elm-lang.org, Score: 87, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/GJahIU
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/V2kcCP

   * OC: Haskell programming font with ligatures
     Domain: github.com, Score: 78, Comments: 59
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/ZaFRJ4
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/m17EUj

   * Porting GHC: A Tale of Two Architectures
     Domain: chiark.greenend.org.uk, Score: 77, Comments: 12
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/MJ196R
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/PVVHZo

   * Try Idris
     Domain: tryidris.org, Score: 70, Comments: 22
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/7hn84J
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/6iPW8S

   * Why are examples completely absent from hackage? Am I missing
something?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 67, Comments: 68
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/QmZjZs
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/QmZjZs

   * Implementing Python in Haskell - Melbourne Haskell Users Group, April
24
     Domain: meetup.com, Score: 53, Comments: 6
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/tYRtG9
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/oClHGb

   * Blog post - Haskell Gets Static Typing Right - Andres Löh
     Domain: skillsmatterblog.wordpress.com, Score: 51, Comments: 25
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/5AQO4h
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/WddMUA

   * Haskell for all: Scalable program architectures
     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 45, Comments: 19
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/JDYSQl
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/MUrRRg

   * GHC 7.8′s -staticlib flag makes compiling Mac libs easy
     Domain: maxs.io, Score: 42, Comments: 5
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/SVICOm
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/FwVdOv

   * Autocomplete command line options with GHC 7.8
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 39, Comments: 10
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/bXNI20
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/bXNI20

   * How to learn Haskell
     Domain: acm3.wustl.edu, Score: 39, Comments: 16
     On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/oaQsAL
     Original: [23] http://goo.gl/TLbCEL

   * Calling Python from Haskell
     Domain: lunaryorn.com, Score: 36, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/9n8O4m
     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/j8YqgK

   * "latest API" link in Hackage
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 30, Comments: 15
     On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/RJnphF
     Original: [27] http://goo.gl/RJnphF

   * Functional Pearl: F for Functor
     Domain: cs.ox.ac.uk, Score: 27, Comments: 14
     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/i7TPuf
     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/7c33Xn

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Idris eager evaluation
     votes: 14, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/LDpNtI

   * Why use such a peculiar function type in monads?
     votes: 11, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/XX8KSX

   * How does mapA work with a Stream Function Arrow in Haskell?
     votes: 8, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/vECKBa

   * Lenses and Monomorphism Restriction
     votes: 8, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/hG44KA

   * Is this a GHC bug?
     votes: 7, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/sqByI2

   * Why do some of threepenny-gui FRP combinators operate on a
     MonadIO monad instead of being pure?
     votes: 6, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/ySVqya

   * S combinator in Haskell
     votes: 6, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/vnb64N

   * Graphing criterion benchmarks taking different orders of magnitude of
time
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/J3jgWf

   * Fun with fixity
     votes: 6, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/molyi9

Until next time,
[39]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://cufp.org/2014cfp
   2. http://debug.elm-lang.org/
   3.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/233ff9/a_time_traveling_debugger_for_elm_pause_rewind/
   4. https://github.com/i-tu/source-code-pro-L/
   5.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23g9dv/oc_haskell_programming_font_with_ligatures/
   6.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/blosxom/2014-04-15-porting-ghc-a-tale-of-two-architectures.html
   7.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/232erb/porting_ghc_a_tale_of_two_architectures/
   8. http://www.tryidris.org/console
   9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/22yww7/try_idris/
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23dxli/why_are_examples_completely_absent_from_hackage/
  11.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23dxli/why_are_examples_completely_absent_from_hackage/
  12. http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Haskell-Users-Group/events/174401572/
  13.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/238akv/implementing_python_in_haskell_melbourne_haskell/
  14.
http://skillsmatterblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/guest-post-haskell-gets-static-typing-right-andres-loh/
  15.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/233njg/blog_post_haskell_gets_static_typing_right_andres/
  16.
http://www.haskellforall.com/2014/04/scalable-program-architectures.html
  17.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2300zb/haskell_for_all_scalable_program_architectures/
  18. http://maxs.io/ghc-78-static-lib-flag/
  19.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23fyok/ghc_78s_staticlib_flag_makes_compiling_mac_libs/
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/236qkb/autocomplete_command_line_options_with_ghc_78/
  21.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/236qkb/autocomplete_command_line_options_with_ghc_78/
  22. http://acm3.wustl.edu/functional/haskell.php
  23. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/239f2m/how_to_learn_haskell/
  24. http://www.lunaryorn.com/2014/04/15/calling-python-from-haskell.html
  25.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2330aj/calling_python_from_haskell/
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/22xz96/latest_api_link_in_hackage/
  27.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/22xz96/latest_api_link_in_hackage/
  28. http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/daniel.james/functor/functor.pdf
  29.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2327e7/functional_pearl_f_for_functor/
  30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23149532/idris-eager-evaluation
  31.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23051800/why-use-such-a-peculiar-function-type-in-monads
  32.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23048100/how-does-mapa-work-with-a-stream-function-arrow-in-haskell
  33.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23066099/lenses-and-monomorphism-restriction
  34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23091080/is-this-a-ghc-bug
  35.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23044464/why-do-some-of-threepenny-gui-frp-combinators-operate-on-a-monadio-monad-instead
  36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23095224/s-combinator-in-haskell
  37.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23129649/graphing-criterion-benchmarks-taking-different-orders-of-magnitude-of-time
  38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23142075/fun-with-fixity
  39. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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