[Haskell] Haskell Weekly News: Issue 304

Thu Sep 11 03:30:11 UTC 2014

Welcome to issue 305 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers
from August 31 to September 06, 2014

Quotes of the Week

     * srhb: segfaults sure are easier to come by doing FFI stuff

Top Reddit Stories

   * Pandoc author working with industry on Markdown spec
     Domain: standardmarkdown.com, Score: 68, Comments: 7
     Original: [1] http://goo.gl/JBte8k
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/LWT42a

   * ICFP 2014 Talks
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 56, Comments: 0
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/2zRte4
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/NvWBBa

   * ICFP 2014 Workshops (Videos)
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 53, Comments: 6
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/gpfI8T
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/Bj5SwB

   * Let's Build a Browser Engine in Haskell
     Domain: hrothen.github.io, Score: 45, Comments: 18
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/FkOM49
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/rXM38x

   * Open type families are not modular
     Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 41, Comments: 52
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/XO1bVK
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/ROxxUA

   * IDE for Haste projects
     Domain: haskell-web.blogspot.com.es, Score: 36, Comments: 5
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/uvjZUC
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/3Ra4dt

   * Real world one-liner examples
     Domain: github.com, Score: 33, Comments: 7
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/E5wFiW
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/9gipjb

   * Planning Yesod 1.4
     Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 32, Comments: 8
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/7Kul02
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/erCRmZ

   * Practical Machines: A simple tutorial for the Machines streaming
library
     Domain: statusfailed.com, Score: 32, Comments: 24
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/bmRQot
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/0QSdOL

   * Anecdotes and Advice on Hiring Junior or Summer/Co-Op Students for
     Haskell Work
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 32, Comments: 29
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/M7NOJO
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/M7NOJO

   * Write your compiler passes in Coq for great good!
     Domain: megacz.com, Score: 30, Comments: 13
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/l7MU6n
     On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/oSqi3Z

   * IntelliJ IDEA haskell-idea-plugin + Hasklig
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 28, Comments: 3
     Original: [23] http://goo.gl/cNWkLh
     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/cNWkLh

   * Upcast, a declarative cloud infrastructure orchestration tool that
     leverages Nix
     Domain: github.com, Score: 27, Comments: 12
     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/vPpXcn
     On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/MHj0Le

   * Ray Marching Distance Fields with Haskell and GLSL
     Domain: github.com, Score: 27, Comments: 13
     Original: [27] http://goo.gl/HZSjFq
     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/w0IZ0w

   * A Pretty-Printer that Says What It Means (or, Why Idris's
     Pretty-Printer is a Functor)
     Domain: davidchristiansen.dk, Score: 25, Comments: 14
     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/vfdISz
     On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/mHU49x

   * The Ivory Language is an eDSL for safe systems programming. You can
think
     of Ivory as a safer C, embedded in Haskell.
     Domain: ivorylang.org, Score: 23, Comments: 3
     Original: [31] http://goo.gl/xJJ68c
     On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/RLljxg

   * Pre-published the slide "Writing NetBSD Sound Drivers in Haskell" for
     Haskell Symposium 2014. #icfp2014
     Domain: slideshare.net, Score: 23, Comments: 4
     Original: [33] http://goo.gl/gsENVq
     On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/mWH3zH

   * Haskell 2014 talk: Reflection without Remorse: Revealing a hidden
     sequence to speed up monadic reflection
     Domain: youtube.com, Score: 23, Comments: 8
     Original: [35] http://goo.gl/Dffhnx
     On Reddit: [36] http://goo.gl/UFPUu3

   * Wadler's Blog: Howard on Curry-Howard
     Domain: wadler.blogspot.com, Score: 21, Comments: 0
     Original: [37] http://goo.gl/Fz90FG
     On Reddit: [38] http://goo.gl/P5kemv

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Infinite lazy bitmap
     votes: 11, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/4zDwFX

   * Correct terminology for continuations
     votes: 11, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/QHVRWI

   * How do I make MonadRandom a Functor?
     votes: 9, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/vvD7bR

   * Why does Haskell's foldr NOT stackoverflow while the same Scala
     implementation does?
     votes: 9, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/zdxgAM

Until next time,
[43]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://standardmarkdown.com/
   2.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fgtuu/pandoc_author_working_with_industry_on_markdown/
   3.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4UWOFngo5DVBqifWX6ZlXJ7idxWaOP69
   4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f8o3x/icfp_2014_talks/
   5.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4UWOFngo5DXuUiMCNumrFhaDfMx54QgV
   6.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f60hd/icfp_2014_workshops_videos/
   7.
http://hrothen.github.io/2014/09/05/lets-build-a-browser-engine-in-haskell/
   8.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2flosm/lets_build_a_browser_engine_in_haskell/
   9. http://blog.ezyang.com/2014/09/open-type-families-are-not-modular/
  10.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fi4zc/open_type_families_are_not_modular/
  11. http://haskell-web.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/ide-for-haste-projects.html
  12.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fk91p/ide_for_haste_projects/
  13.
https://github.com/sjoerdvisscher/blog/blob/master/2014/2014-09-03%20real%20world%20one-liner%20examples.md
  14.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2feen3/real_world_oneliner_examples/
  15. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2014/09/planning-yesod-1-4
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f4kym/planning_yesod_14/
  17.
http://statusfailed.com/blog/2014/09/02/practical-machines-in-60-seconds.html
  18.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fao00/practical_machines_a_simple_tutorial_for_the/
  19.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fj0v5/anecdotes_and_advice_on_hiring_junior_or/
  20.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fj0v5/anecdotes_and_advice_on_hiring_junior_or/
  21. http://www.megacz.com/berkeley/coq-in-ghc/
  22.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f8bu9/write_your_compiler_passes_in_coq_for_great_good/
  23.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fb1j5/intellij_idea_haskellideaplugin_hasklig/
  24.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fb1j5/intellij_idea_haskellideaplugin_hasklig/
  25. https://github.com/zalora/upcast
  26.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f2meq/upcast_a_declarative_cloud_infrastructure/
  27. https://github.com/blitzcode/ray-marching-distance-fields
  28.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2ffmys/ray_marching_distance_fields_with_haskell_and_glsl/
  29. http://www.davidchristiansen.dk/2014/09/06/pretty-printing-idris/
  30.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fntec/a_prettyprinter_that_says_what_it_means_or_why/
  31. http://ivorylang.org/
  32.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f6p2h/the_ivory_language_is_an_edsl_for_safe_systems/
  33.
http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/writing-netbsd-sound-drivers-in-haskell
  34.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fd02w/prepublished_the_slide_writing_netbsd_sound/
  35.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XoI65Rxmss&index=31&list=UUP9g4dLR7xt6KzCYntNqYcw
  36.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2fnj6p/haskell_2014_talk_reflection_without_remorse/
  37. http://wadler.blogspot.com/2014/08/howard-on-curry-howard.html
  38.
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2f9v8e/wadlers_blog_howard_on_curryhoward/
  39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25621889/infinite-lazy-bitmap
  40.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25648332/correct-terminology-for-continuations
  41.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25622571/how-do-i-make-monadrandom-a-functor
  42.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25622959/why-does-haskells-foldr-not-stackoverflow-while-the-same-scala-implementation-d
  43. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about
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