2 Aug 2012 02:56
Haskell Weekly News: Issue 238
Daniel Santa Cruz <dstcruz <at> gmail.com>
2012-08-02 00:56:53 GMT
2012-08-02 00:56:53 GMT
Welcome to issue 238 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the
week of July 22 to 28, 2012.
Quotes of the Week
* clsmith: i find programming in haskell is mostly about reinventing
things and then discovering them in Prelude
* EvanR: ruby, cobol of the 2000s
* monochrom: "customers who used == also liked: foldr, map, Ord,
continuation passing style"
* jmcarthur: we calmly talk trolls to death
Top Reddit Stories
* Haskell logo QR code
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 44, Comments: 5
On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/DuSSU
Original: [2] http://goo.gl/DuSSU
* In Praise of EitherT
Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 43, Comments: 9
On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/V2R9B
Original: [4] http://goo.gl/M7rTb
* The must-know list of packages on hackage?
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 39, Comments: 29
On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/N7i6J
Original: [6] http://goo.gl/N7i6J
* SmartCheck: a better QuickCheck for testing algebraic data and generalizing counterexamples found
Domain: leepike.wordpress.com, Score: 39, Comments: 6
On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/ENFxH
Original: [8] http://goo.gl/SZMCG
* Compile Haskell (Fay) to Javascript using Javascript compiled with GHCJS
Domain: ghcjs.github.com, Score: 36, Comments: 8
On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/YOSuG
Original: [10] http://goo.gl/d7Af4
* Programming in Fay - Simple example
Domain: youtube.com, Score: 30, Comments: 17
On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/Ieswf
Original: [12] http://goo.gl/4DcLd
* Flexibly-Phased Constraints in Haskell
Domain: jonmsterling.com, Score: 28, Comments: 19
On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/uvYY4
Original: [14] http://goo.gl/3cRD4
* Do you use Haskell in business? What do you use it for?
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 24, Comments: 57
On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/AcGlL
Original: [16] http://goo.gl/AcGlL
* ANN: CmdTheLine 0.2 released -- with new tutorial.
Domain: elifrey.com, Score: 23, Comments: 11
On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/yezpc
Original: [18] http://goo.gl/cM9kZ
* State of the Shelly (Haskell scripting lib)
Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 23, Comments: 1
On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/siupj
Original: [20] http://goo.gl/FyrDC
* Hackage b0rked for cabal 0.10.2
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 22, Comments: 4
On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/HzgX8
Original: [22] http://goo.gl/HzgX8
* Pipes to Conduits part 0: Combining Functors
Domain: unknownparallel.wordpress.com, Score: 22, Comments: 18
On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/sF95u
Original: [24] http://goo.gl/Jepr5
* Deconstraining DSLs [PDF]
Domain: doc.ic.ac.uk, Score: 19, Comments: 2
On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/Ur7Lz
Original: [26] http://goo.gl/E2DhL
* What is the reason for Haskell's cabal package problems?
Domain: self.haskell, Score: 17, Comments: 41
On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/O0x9z
Original: [28] http://goo.gl/O0x9z
* Pipes to Conduits part 4: Recovering from Abort
Domain: unknownparallel.wordpress.com, Score: 16, Comments:
On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/tr9Jy
Original: [30] http://goo.gl/XbAUR
* Pipes to Conduits part 1: Yield and Await
Domain: unknownparallel.wordpress.com, Score: 15, Comments: 5
On Reddit: [31] http://goo.gl/KV0io
Original: [32] http://goo.gl/GuFqX
* Pipes to Conduits part 2: Upstream Results
Domain: unknownparallel.wordpress.com, Score: 15, Comments: 9
On Reddit: [33] http://goo.gl/ONYzN
Original: [34] http://goo.gl/Tf3Si
* Instance Templates: a proposed feature to change type class hierarchies without breaking compatibility
Domain: github.com, Score: 15, Comments: 6
On Reddit: [35] http://goo.gl/7Jx8c
Original: [36] http://goo.gl/LG1YK
* Categories over pairs of types
Domain: twanvl.nl, Score: 15, Comments: 1
On Reddit: [37] http://goo.gl/8ee77
Original: [38] http://goo.gl/jxLPR
* Pipes to Conduits part 3: Abort
Domain: unknownparallel.wordpress.com, Score: 14, Comments: 12
On Reddit: [39] http://goo.gl/IZbij
Original: [40] http://goo.gl/2kgLg
Top StackOverflow Questions
* What does “Pure” mean, in the context of programming languages and paradigms?
votes: 21, answers: 2
Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/a0IUe
* Can a thunk be duplicated to improve memory performance?
votes: 17, answers: 3
Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/rznKJ
* What's the current status of restricted monads?
votes: 14, answers: 1
Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/UnMbE
* Is it good style to use a case expression on an Unit value just to use guards?
votes: 13, answers: 3
Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/E8xn3
* Temporary namespace/context in Haskell
votes: 12, answers: 3
Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/AWg4O
* Using the LogicT Monad Transformer in Haskell
votes: 12, answers: 1
Read on SO: [46] http://goo.gl/DOw0H
* Irrefutable pattern does not leak memory in recursion, but why?
votes: 11, answers: 1
Read on SO: [47] http://goo.gl/qK7rx
* How to determine type of Haskell functions?
votes: 11, answers: 3
Read on SO: [48] http://goo.gl/Rn5F7
* Haskell: map runST
votes: 9, answers: 3
Read on SO: [49] http://goo.gl/mWnvL
* How to play with Control.Monad.Writer in haskell?
votes: 9, answers: 1
Read on SO: [50] http://goo.gl/GLTJc
Until next time,
Daniel Santa Cruz
References
15. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/x8qnh/do_you_use_haskell_in_business_what_do_you_use_it/
16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/x8qnh/do_you_use_haskell_in_business_what_do_you_use_it/
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