Welcome to issue 294 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits

of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers

from May 4 to 24, 2014

Quotes of the Week

* dalaing: going from doing a fair bit of haskell recently to doing

javascript today... sigh... it feels like the difference between

typing at a keyboard and typing with a pair of those

sporting-event-foam-hands-with-a-pointing-finger on

* monochrom: to be blunt, I believe that "I do X for a living" means

nothing. politicians do politics for a living too, what is the

result?

* Cale: Java seems like it was designed especially to be a strawman

for people who hate static type systems

* ReinH: Every so often edwardk goes up to the mountain of CT and

brings us some new tablets

edwardk: hear that dolio? we're going to start calling you the

mountain.

Top Reddit Stories

* #haskell is welcoming and troll resistent (just found this by accident)

Domain: gist.github.com, Score: 172, Comments: 19

Original: [1] http://goo.gl/TCiMW

On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/JZNY3M

* $7.5m DoD grant to develop Homotopy Type Theory

Domain: cmu.edu, Score: 117, Comments: 70

Original: [3] http://goo.gl/EmSlbE

On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/sKjGIl

* Understanding the Stack

Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 102, Comments: 13

Original: [5] http://goo.gl/qo9m5O

On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/MVvaQn

* Elm 0.12.3 - efficient 3D rendering with WebGL

Domain: elm-lang.org, Score: 82, Comments: 19

Original: [7] http://goo.gl/iATfSi

On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/QJ5ttp

* An example of a Real World Haskell Application Architecture

Domain: self.haskell, Score: 68, Comments: 36

Original: [9] http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x

On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/ZTcr1x

* ezyang: “try a <|> b” considered harmful

Domain: blog.ezyang.com, Score: 67, Comments: 29

Original: [11] http://goo.gl/BEkC6W

On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/3oql5l

* 9m URL Shortener (Written in Haskell)

Domain: 9m.no, Score: 67, Comments: 27

Original: [13] http://goo.gl/E0NoYv

On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/n4cyN5

* Announce: JHC 0.8.1 IS OUT

Domain: notanumber.net, Score: 66, Comments: 14

Original: [15] http://goo.gl/n6qAcf

On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/wSMrva

* Haskell for Mac OS X, self-contained relocatable GHC builds

Domain: ghcformacosx.github.io, Score: 64, Comments: 35

Original: [17] http://goo.gl/CvsYC7

On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/WcIBw5

* Binary serialisation: better, stronger, faster (PDF, Duncan Coutts, March 2014)

Domain: code.haskell.org, Score: 63, Comments: 39

Original: [19] http://goo.gl/r4xShZ

On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/xhJRbg

* CS240h lecture notes

Domain: scs.stanford.edu, Score: 61, Comments: 8

Original: [21] http://goo.gl/F39zHe

On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/AQqrUj

* Haskell-mode documentation

Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 58, Comments: 28

Original: [23] http://goo.gl/XzKMCk

On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/DZBQtO

* PSA: you can now visit status.haskell.org

Domain: status.haskell.org, Score: 58, Comments: 19

Original: [25] http://goo.gl/oRHfsn

On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/Ye9YU2

* Once more into the teach, dear friends

Domain: serpentine.com, Score: 57, Comments: 11

Original: [27] http://goo.gl/L8Csnm

On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/AyF2Fs

* What Features Would You Like to Find in a Haskell IDE?

Domain: self.haskell, Score: 57, Comments: 90

Original: [29] http://goo.gl/Pvo32I

On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/Pvo32I

* Adventure with Types in Haskell - Simon Peyton Jones [1:33:36]

Domain: youtu.be, Score: 57, Comments: 10

Original: [31] http://goo.gl/L9wGWe

On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/sL3u8i

* Ars Technica has Haskell as one of three potential heirs to Fortran's scientific computing throne

Domain: arstechnica.com, Score: 56, Comments: 78

Original: [33] http://goo.gl/lxWcdK

On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/kCxUS9

Top StackOverflow Questions

* Why does Haskell's “do nothing” function, id, consume tons of memory?

votes: 72, answers: 1

Read on SO: [35] http://goo.gl/8awkSk

* Are Ana-/Catamorphisms just slower?

votes: 29, answers: 2

Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/wcmkQw

* Code becomes slower as more boxed arrays are allocated

votes: 22, answers: 2

Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/qfKo2a

* Which part of Real World Haskell is now obsolete or considered bad practise?

votes: 22, answers: 1

Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/EtT51x

Until next time,

[39]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

1. https://gist.github.com/quchen/5280339

2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2516e4/haskell_is_welcoming_and_troll_resistent_just/

3. http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/april/april28_awodeygrant.html

4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24rs73/75m_dod_grant_to_develop_homotopy_type_theory/

5. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/94/

6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2641x0/understanding_the_stack/

7. http://elm-lang.org/blog/announce/0.12.3.elm

8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/261abs/elm_0123_efficient_3d_rendering_with_webgl/

9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/

10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/24y6ls/an_example_of_a_real_world_haskell_application/

11. http://blog.ezyang.com/2014/05/parsec-try-a-or-b-considered-harmful/

12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ulsv/ezyang_try_a_b_considered_harmful/

13. http://9m.no/

14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/267evu/9m_url_shortener_written_in_haskell/

15. http://notanumber.net/archives/178/jhc-haskell-0-8-1-released

16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25o33n/announce_jhc_081_is_out/

17. http://ghcformacosx.github.io/

18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/26bx5n/haskell_for_mac_os_x_selfcontained_relocatable/

19. http://code.haskell.org/~duncan/binary-experiment/binary.pdf

20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25ch8v/binary_serialisation_better_stronger_faster_pdf/

21. http://www.scs.stanford.edu/14sp-cs240h/slides/

22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25i99i/cs240h_lecture_notes/

23. http://chrisdone.com/posts/haskell-mode-docs

24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2583sm/haskellmode_documentation/

25. http://status.haskell.org/

26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2653kp/psa_you_can_now_visit_statushaskellorg/

27. http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2014/05/13/once-more-into-the-teach-dear-friends/

28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25iqk7/once_more_into_the_teach_dear_friends/

29. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/

30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25sqvk/what_features_would_you_like_to_find_in_a_haskell/

31. http://youtu.be/6COvD8oynmI

32. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/25vj62/adventure_with_types_in_haskell_simon_peyton/

33. http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-coding-language-top-a-1950s-behemoth/

34. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/250558/ars_technica_has_haskell_as_one_of_three/

35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23746852/why-does-haskells-do-nothing-function-id-consume-tons-of-memory

36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23664197/are-ana-catamorphisms-just-slower

37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23462004/code-becomes-slower-as-more-boxed-arrays-are-allocated

38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23727768/which-part-of-real-world-haskell-is-now-obsolete-or-considered-bad-practise

39. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about