Welcome to issue 307 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits
of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers
from September 14 to 20, 2014

Quotes of the Week

   * Qfwfq: I seq what you mean.

   * trap_exit_: if haskell makes programmers 10x more productive, then
      why are there not better haskell ides? :-)
     Fuuzetsu: trap_exit_: because you don't need one when you're 10x
            more productive already ;P

   * joshcough: im just surprised when im looking for something and i
      dont find a package by ed kmett.

Top Reddit Stories

   * Wayward Tide is Being Written in Haskell
     Domain: blog.chucklefish.org, Score: 131, Comments: 30
     Original: [1] http://goo.gl/00xr22
     On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/kJBqTe

   * Hython: The simplest possible language
     Domain: callcc.io, Score: 82, Comments: 16
     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/T95xQ3
     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/LBKTks

   * Hey /r/haskell, we're hiring!
     Domain: blog.chucklefish.org, Score: 79, Comments: 49
     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/93gW3N
     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/zULSci

   * hindent: A Haskell indenter
     Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 58, Comments: 18
     Original: [7] http://goo.gl/4XlJpL
     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/SCXxOS

   * Reflecting strictness in Haskell types
     Domain: h2.jaguarpaw.co.uk, Score: 51, Comments: 27
     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/lfPkYD
     On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/hx6XtM

   * Towards Shake 1.0
     Domain: neilmitchell.blogspot.com, Score: 49, Comments: 7
     Original: [11] http://goo.gl/RPlddo
     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/ckKD2m

   * Formatting in Haskell (Chris Done)
     Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 49, Comments: 11
     Original: [13] http://goo.gl/eq7hAF
     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/f1Amec

   * Haskell Dice of Doom - Part 1
     Domain: derekmcloughlin.github.io, Score: 39, Comments: 6
     Original: [15] http://goo.gl/oF3ot3
     On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/oLz2Fv

   * Beginner error messages in C++ vs Haskell
     Domain: izbicki.me, Score: 39, Comments: 65
     Original: [17] http://goo.gl/j05AXH
     On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/ZOLvZW

   * Blog: GHC Weekly News - 2014/09/15
     Domain: ghc.haskell.org, Score: 28, Comments: 0
     Original: [19] http://goo.gl/8Dt0e8
     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/P4uz3y

   * Let's Build a Browser Engine in Haskell: part 3
     Domain: hrothen.github.io, Score: 27, Comments: 8
     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/0ckGRH
     On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/vZXZOy

   * ANN: best-haskell - haskell download ranking
     Domain: best-haskell.herokuapp.com, Score: 24, Comments: 11
     Original: [23] http://goo.gl/9RtgrI
     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/3zO7SN

   * ICFP "The Ghost of Church" - writeup by Olle Fredriksson who was the 
     first to solve it!
     Domain: reddit.com, Score: 23, Comments: 3
     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/9j7hG3
     On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/nDxc4T

   * What is wrong with the Monoid instance for Maybe?
     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 21, Comments: 21
     Original: [27] http://goo.gl/kgVlFf
     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/kgVlFf

   * Inferring Algebraic Effects
     Domain: lmcs-online.org, Score: 20, Comments: 0
     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/Wjklhq
     On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/PBJY7N

   * Are typeclasses essential? (includes Luke Palmer's view on it)
     Domain: stackoverflow.com, Score: 19, Comments: 30
     Original: [31] http://goo.gl/5rh2dq
     On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/RuX5i7

   * Built on Haskell: Findmelike - visual search for art
     Domain: findmelike.com, Score: 19, Comments: 1
     Original: [33] http://goo.gl/MgM69t
     On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/Vzrc6R

   * Let's Build a Browser Engine in Haskell: setting up tests
     Domain: hrothen.github.io, Score: 17, Comments: 9
     Original: [35] http://goo.gl/qwLXRq
     On Reddit: [36] http://goo.gl/mUqX6w


Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Are typeclasses essential?
     votes: 20, answers: 4
     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/5rh2dq

   * Ambigous instance resolution in Haskell
     votes: 14, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/KzV5jC

   * Understanding the casts involved in patterns matching a datatype that 
     is indexed over a user defined kind
     votes: 11, answers: 1
     Read on SO: [39] http://goo.gl/TppaAg

   * What does fixIO do?
     votes: 10, answers: 2
     Read on SO: [40] http://goo.gl/yECrrk

Until next time,
[41]+Daniel Santa Cruz

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