Welcome to issue 292 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits

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

from April 13 to 19, 2014

Edward Kemett wrote in to remind us of the Call For Proposals for CUFP

2014, which is going to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden between September

4-6. See more details here [1] http://goo.gl/X62cBO

Quotes of the Week

   * pdxleif: see s.p. jones & h.p. lovecraft's paper on the subject:

     "generic programming with lenses, barbed wire, and the fibres of

     sanity"

Top Reddit Stories

   * A time traveling debugger for Elm - pause, rewind, replay, 

     and change history

     Domain: debug.elm-lang.org, Score: 87, Comments: 6

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

     Original: [3] http://goo.gl/V2kcCP

   * OC: Haskell programming font with ligatures

     Domain: github.com, Score: 78, Comments: 59

     On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/ZaFRJ4

     Original: [5] http://goo.gl/m17EUj

   * Porting GHC: A Tale of Two Architectures

     Domain: chiark.greenend.org.uk, Score: 77, Comments: 12

     On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/MJ196R

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

   * Try Idris

     Domain: tryidris.org, Score: 70, Comments: 22

     On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/7hn84J

     Original: [9] http://goo.gl/6iPW8S

   * Why are examples completely absent from hackage? Am I missing something?

     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 67, Comments: 68

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

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

   * Implementing Python in Haskell - Melbourne Haskell Users Group, April 24

     Domain: meetup.com, Score: 53, Comments: 6

     On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/tYRtG9

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

   * Blog post - Haskell Gets Static Typing Right - Andres Löh

     Domain: skillsmatterblog.wordpress.com, Score: 51, Comments: 25

     On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/5AQO4h

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

   * Haskell for all: Scalable program architectures

     Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 45, Comments: 19

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

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

   * GHC 7.8′s -staticlib flag makes compiling Mac libs easy

     Domain: maxs.io, Score: 42, Comments: 5

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

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

   * Autocomplete command line options with GHC 7.8

     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 39, Comments: 10

     On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/bXNI20

     Original: [21] http://goo.gl/bXNI20

   * How to learn Haskell

     Domain: acm3.wustl.edu, Score: 39, Comments: 16

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

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

   * Calling Python from Haskell

     Domain: lunaryorn.com, Score: 36, Comments: 14

     On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/9n8O4m

     Original: [25] http://goo.gl/j8YqgK

   * "latest API" link in Hackage

     Domain: self.haskell, Score: 30, Comments: 15

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

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

   * Functional Pearl: F for Functor

     Domain: cs.ox.ac.uk, Score: 27, Comments: 14

     On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/i7TPuf

     Original: [29] http://goo.gl/7c33Xn

Top StackOverflow Questions

   * Idris eager evaluation

     votes: 14, answers: 1

     Read on SO: [30] http://goo.gl/LDpNtI

   * Why use such a peculiar function type in monads?

     votes: 11, answers: 4

     Read on SO: [31] http://goo.gl/XX8KSX

   * How does mapA work with a Stream Function Arrow in Haskell?

     votes: 8, answers: 1

     Read on SO: [32] http://goo.gl/vECKBa

   * Lenses and Monomorphism Restriction

     votes: 8, answers: 2

     Read on SO: [33] http://goo.gl/hG44KA

   * Is this a GHC bug?

     votes: 7, answers: 1

     Read on SO: [34] http://goo.gl/sqByI2

   * Why do some of threepenny-gui FRP combinators operate on a 

     MonadIO monad instead of being pure?

     votes: 6, answers: 2

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

   * S combinator in Haskell

     votes: 6, answers: 2

     Read on SO: [36] http://goo.gl/vnb64N

   * Graphing criterion benchmarks taking different orders of magnitude of time

     votes: 6, answers: 1

     Read on SO: [37] http://goo.gl/J3jgWf

   * Fun with fixity

     votes: 6, answers: 1

     Read on SO: [38] http://goo.gl/molyi9

Until next time,

[39]+Daniel Santa Cruz

References

   1. http://cufp.org/2014cfp

   2. http://debug.elm-lang.org/

   3. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/233ff9/a_time_traveling_debugger_for_elm_pause_rewind/

   4. https://github.com/i-tu/source-code-pro-L/

   5. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23g9dv/oc_haskell_programming_font_with_ligatures/

   6. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/blosxom/2014-04-15-porting-ghc-a-tale-of-two-architectures.html

   7. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/232erb/porting_ghc_a_tale_of_two_architectures/

   8. http://www.tryidris.org/console

   9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/22yww7/try_idris/

  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23dxli/why_are_examples_completely_absent_from_hackage/

  11. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23dxli/why_are_examples_completely_absent_from_hackage/

  12. http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Haskell-Users-Group/events/174401572/

  13. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/238akv/implementing_python_in_haskell_melbourne_haskell/

  14. http://skillsmatterblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/guest-post-haskell-gets-static-typing-right-andres-loh/

  15. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/233njg/blog_post_haskell_gets_static_typing_right_andres/

  16. http://www.haskellforall.com/2014/04/scalable-program-architectures.html

  17. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2300zb/haskell_for_all_scalable_program_architectures/

  18. http://maxs.io/ghc-78-static-lib-flag/

  19. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/23fyok/ghc_78s_staticlib_flag_makes_compiling_mac_libs/

  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/236qkb/autocomplete_command_line_options_with_ghc_78/

  21. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/236qkb/autocomplete_command_line_options_with_ghc_78/

  22. http://acm3.wustl.edu/functional/haskell.php

  23. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/239f2m/how_to_learn_haskell/

  24. http://www.lunaryorn.com/2014/04/15/calling-python-from-haskell.html

  25. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2330aj/calling_python_from_haskell/

  26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/22xz96/latest_api_link_in_hackage/

  27. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/22xz96/latest_api_link_in_hackage/

  28. http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/daniel.james/functor/functor.pdf

  29. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2327e7/functional_pearl_f_for_functor/

  30. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23149532/idris-eager-evaluation

  31. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23051800/why-use-such-a-peculiar-function-type-in-monads

  32. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23048100/how-does-mapa-work-with-a-stream-function-arrow-in-haskell

  33. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23066099/lenses-and-monomorphism-restriction

  34. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23091080/is-this-a-ghc-bug

  35. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23044464/why-do-some-of-threepenny-gui-frp-combinators-operate-on-a-monadio-monad-instead

  36. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23095224/s-combinator-in-haskell

  37. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23129649/graphing-criterion-benchmarks-taking-different-orders-of-magnitude-of-time

  38. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23142075/fun-with-fixity

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