Welcome to issue 197 the HWN, a newsletter covering developments in the Haskell community. This release covers the week of August 21 to 27, 2011. [1] http://goo.gl/8hDku
Announcements Liyang HU announced HakkaTaikai, a Haskell hackathon in Tokyo, on Sunday September 25th, 2011. [2] http://goo.gl/tJ4F4 Qiuchi Jian wondered if anyone would be interested in joining him in translating the 2010 Haskell Report into Chinese. [3] http://goo.gl/QDdeF Johan Tibell announced the results of this year's "State of Haskell" survey. [4] http://goo.gl/26Evg New and Updated Projects * network-address (New - Sebastian Nowicki) Provides data structures for IP addresses as well as subnetworks. [5] http://goo.gl/LTuUK * shelltestrunner (Update - Simon Michael) Tests command-line programs or arbitrary shell commands. [6] http://goo.gl/uKHMo * netwire (Update - Ertugrul Soeylemez) An arrowized functional reactive programming library written with networking applications in mind. [7] http://goo.gl/yM0hy * instinct (New - Ertugrul Soeylemez) Library for neural networks. [8] http://goo.gl/yM0hy Quotes of the Week * elliott: i'm here to prove theorems and compile code and I'm all out of code * shachaf: To deepSeq is a fundamental right * djahandarie: I wonder if De Bruijn was any good at remembering names. * JaffaCake: In the beginning there were 8 registers, and That Was Enough For Everyone. * frezik: "The compiler accepted it, why can't you?" * Cale: the units of the monoids in the algebras for the monoid monad * _Ray_: fucking hell, math and cs need to stop having awesome interesting things. it's ruining my life. * accel: next time I'll read a few research papers before I start trolling hakell * ddarius: isJust :: Maybe a -> Bool; isJust = unsafeCoerce Top Reddit Stories * Interested in a 2nd edition of "Real World Haskell"? Domain: self.haskell, Score: 130, Comments: 33 On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/fNS6P Original: [10] http://goo.gl/fNS6P * GHC on ARM: Merged into GHC HEAD Domain: ghcarm.wordpress.com, Score: 78, Comments: 7 On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/BvFvX Original: [12] http://goo.gl/ZKDYx * Why Haskell is Kinda Cool Domain: amtal.github.com, Score: 56, Comments: 27 On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/9ealD Original: [14] http://goo.gl/0AJIn * Haskell for Kids: Week 2! Domain: cdsmith.wordpress.com, Score: 55, Comments: 20 On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/0Qm5z Original: [16] http://goo.gl/DzdUy * Results from the State of Haskell, 2011 Survey Domain: blog.johantibell.com, Score: 54, Comments: 18 On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/BAQye Original: [18] http://goo.gl/l6sc1 * PyPy: We need Software Transactional Memory Domain: morepypy.blogspot.com, Score: 49, Comments: 2 On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/6dPjT Original: [20] http://goo.gl/kNCma * mmmodularity! - A modular package language for Haskell Domain: skilpat.tumblr.com, Score: 48, Comments: 8 On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/6dfSf Original: [22] http://goo.gl/os9IJ * A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus Domain: utdallas.edu, Score: 34, Comments: 9 On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/OtPrs Original: [24] http://goo.gl/zTIx4 * Functional representation of Rubik's cube Domain: pnyf.inf.elte.hu, Score: 30, Comments: 3 On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/TMOnc Original: [26] http://goo.gl/EoYbu * monad-control, for more flexible transformers Domain: yesodweb.com, Score: 27, Comments: 14 On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/XF6GZ Original: [28] http://goo.gl/ijd6V * A different haskell emacs mode (work in progress) Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 26, Comments: 5 On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/lfmxF Original: [30] http://goo.gl/7qvho Top StackOverflow Questions * Haskell: How does non-strict and lazy differ? votes: 25, answers: 5 Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/2KJVY * forall in Scala votes: 18, answers: 5 Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/ejOwF * What is the name of this monad-like functional programming pattern? votes: 16, answers: 1 Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/Rv1BC * Is (reverse . f . reverse) efficient? votes: 11, answers: 4 Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/U7qLu * Haskell Space Overflow votes: 8, answers: 4 Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/5uBY2 * How to write recursive lambda expression in Haskell? votes: 8, answers: 2 Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/TokK2 * Is the random number generator in Haskell thread-safe? votes: 8, answers: 4 Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/ERVpl * How can I create a tuple where each of the members are compared by an expression? votes: 7, answers: 5 Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/BiUpC * Haskell cartesian product of infinite lists votes: 7, answers: 4 Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/DC9M5 * How to implement a generic hierarchy of structures with injected functionality votes: 7, answers: 6 Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/IoMT6 About the Haskell Weekly News To help create new editions of this newsletter, please send stories to dstc...@gmail.com. Until next time, Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. http://haskell.org/ 2. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18899 3. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/91853 4. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18894 5. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18893 6. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/18900 7. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/91845 8. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/91845 9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jtdrz/interested_in_a_2nd_edition_of_real_world_haskell/ 10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jtdrz/interested_in_a_2nd_edition_of_real_world_haskell/ 11. http://ghcarm.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/current-status-merged-into-ghc-head/ 12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jwgxj/ghc_on_arm_merged_into_ghc_head/ 13. http://amtal.github.com/2011/08/25/why-haskell-is-kinda-cool.html 14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/juemg/why_haskell_is_kinda_cool/ 15. http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/haskell-for-kids-week-2/ 16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/js4kd/haskell_for_kids_week_2/ 17. http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/08/results-from-state-of-haskell-2011.html 18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jqfey/results_from_the_state_of_haskell_2011_survey/ 19. http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2011/08/we-need-software-transactional-memory.html 20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jrprb/pypy_we_need_software_transactional_memory/ 21. http://skilpat.tumblr.com/post/9411500320/a-modular-package-language-for-haskell 22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jvlrw/mmmodularity_a_modular_package_language_for/ 23. http://www.utdallas.edu/~gupta/courses/apl/lambda.pdf 24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jt0m1/a_tutorial_introduction_to_the_lambda_calculus/ 25. http://pnyf.inf.elte.hu:8000/Rubik_en.xml 26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jwfz2/functional_representation_of_rubiks_cube/ 27. http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/08/monad-control 28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/jtuk9/monadcontrol_for_more_flexible_transformers/ 29. http://chrisdone.com/posts/2011-08-21-haskell-emacs.html 30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/js3sm/a_different_haskell_emacs_mode_work_in_progress/ 31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7140978/haskell-how-does-non-strict-and-lazy-differ 32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7213676/forall-in-scala 33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7135540/what-is-the-name-of-this-monad-like-functional-programming-pattern 34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7152183/is-reverse-f-reverse-efficient 35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7140732/haskell-space-overflow 36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7141229/how-to-write-recursive-lambda-expression-in-haskell 37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7153255/is-the-random-number-generator-in-haskell-thread-safe 38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7136921/how-can-i-create-a-tuple-where-each-of-the-members-are-compared-by-an-expression 39. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7141287/haskell-cartesian-product-of-infinite-lists 40. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7157841/how-to-implement-a-generic-hierarchy-of-structures-with-injected-functionality _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
